It was all. obviously no great
surprise, and no puzzle at all., to Raffles.
"How much did they have, Bunny?" were his first whispered words.
"Maguire a good three fingers, and the others at least two."
"Then we needn't lower our voices, and we needn't walk on our toes.
Eheu! I dreamed somebody was kicking me in the ribs, and I believe
it must have been true."
He had risen with a hand to his side and a wry look on his sweep's
face.
"You can guess which of them it was," said I. "The beast is jolly
well served!"
And I shook my fist in the paralytic face of the most brutal
bruiser of his time.
"He is safe till the forenoon, unless they bring a doctor to him,"
said Raffles. "I don't suppose we could rouse him now if we tried.
How much of the fearsome stuff do you suppose I took? About a
tablespoonful! I guessed what it was, and couldn't resist making
sure; the minute I was satisfied, I changed the label and the
position of the two decanters, little thinking I should stay to
see the fun; but in another minute I could hardly keep my eyes open.
I realized then that I was fairly poisoned with some subtle drug.
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