Chapter 5
A LITTLE UNPLEASANTNESSIt occurred to Mr Campion as he stumbled up the unfamiliar staircase that Miss Evadne Palinode, even when considered as a possible poisoner, went in for a strange assortment of evening beverages. He was bearing her a small tray on which were clustered a cup of chocolate-coloured patent milk food, one glass of hot water, a second of cold, a ramekin case filled with castor sugar or alternatively salt, a tot glass filled with something horrible resembling reconstituted egg, a tin marked ‘Epsom Salts’ with the ‘Epsom’ crossed out, and a small greasy bottle labelled unexpectedly, ‘Paraffin, Household’.
The interior of the house, what little he could see of it, was a surprise. It reminded him of his schooldays, since all the architectural features seemed sever
