Chapter Four
The inspector soon dispatched one of his men to take another look at Verinka’s house. His instructions were to look for signs of regular drinking, and in particular for any bottles of wine, opened or unopened, that might linger in the home.
There were none. She did not even own wine-glasses, the man reported. She drank only at the luncheon-club, it seemed.
Konrad hoped Alexander’s investigations into the waiters would be productive of something. If the widow weed had been administered in her wine, someone had availed themselves of a weekly opportunity to dose her with it, and how better to do so than by bribing a waiter? Any old story might be employed to explain it. Stubborn woman refusing to take her medication. Concerned brother/friend. That was how Konrad would have don
