In his chest of drawers , hidden beneath some underclothing , we found : first , a pair of gold- 145 rimmed pince-nez similar to those worn by Mr. Inglethorp " ” these were exhibited ” " secondly , this phial . " The phial was that already recognized by the chemist 's assistant , a tiny bottle of blue glass , containing a few grains of a white crystalline powder , and labelled : " Strychnine Hydrochloride .
From this , we can only assume that he had been having a drug-fueled affair with Mr. Inglethorp .