"So far, all goes well. Miss Howard goes back to Middlingham.
Alfred Inglethorp returns to Styles. There is nothing that can
compromise him in any way, since it is Miss Howard who has the
strychnine, which, after all, is only wanted as a blind to throw
suspicion on John Cavendish.
"But now a hitch occurs. Mrs. Inglethorp does not take her
medicine that night. The broken bell, Cynthia's absence--
arranged by Inglethorp through his wife--all these are wasted.
And then--he makes his slip.
"Mrs. Inglethorp is out, and he sits down to write to his
accomplice, who, he fears, may be in a panic at the nonsuccess of
their plan. It is probable that Mrs. Inglethorp returned earlier
than he expected. Caught in the act, and somewhat flurried he
hastily shuts and locks his desk. He fears that if he remains in
the room he may have to open it again, and that Mrs. Inglethorp
might catch sight of the letter before he could snatch it up. So
he goes out and walks in the woods, little dreaming that Mrs.
Inglethorp will open his desk, and discover the incriminating
document.
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