207/ Not Just Coffee

Clara passed the cup and saucer to Dr Haydock. He looked at it and then sniffed it. His face had a shocked expression. He held the cup out to the chief inspector. ‘George, take a smell of that and tell me what you think?’ ‘Good God, Neil! Bitter almonds. Someone has put cyanide into the coffee, unless I’m much mistaken!’ ‘Yes, George, that’s exactly what I think.’ ‘So he’s been poisoned, strangled and stabbed. I’ve never come across a case like this before. I’ll tell you what, Miss Oswald, you have a very smart dog there. One lick of this cup and he would have been in considerable trouble. He could be trained as a police dog.’ Clara bent down and picked Caten up to give him a hug. ‘So you were barking for a very good reason. I’ll have to take more notice when you bark in future.’