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The doctor was so sharp and positive about his first statement and
so careful in phrasing the second that I, at least, jumped to the
conclusion that Maitland might have been right, after all. I
imagined that Kennedy, too, had his suspicions of the doctor.
"Have you ever heard of or used cobra venom in any of your medical
work?" he asked casually.
Dr. Ross wheeled in his chair, surprised.
"Why, yes," he replied quickly. "You know that it is a test for
blood diseases, one of the most recently discovered and used
parallel to the old tests. It is known as the Weil cobra-venom
test."
"Do you use it often?"
"N--no," he replied. "My practice ordinarily does not lie in that
direction. I used it not long ago, once, though. I have a patient
under my care, a well-known club-man. He came to me originally--"
"Arnold Masterson?" asked Craig.
"Yes--how did you know his name?"
"Guessed it," replied Craig laconically, as if he knew much more
than he cared to tell. "He was a friend of Mrs. Maitland's, was he
not?"
"I should say not," replied Dr.


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