Wrington Drama Club ARCHIVE Lord Arthur Savile's Crime page 4

...doubly suspicious when Lady B. breezes in and announces herself "never fitter" ...

... and, espying the chocs intended to bring about her demise, alarminglyoffers them around ...

... quick thinking as ever, Baines tries to persuade the company to take port rather than chocolates...

... an invitation Lady B. rejects on the grounds that she finds port "absolute poison" to her system ...

... finding nothing to her taste, Lady M. departs, leving the remainder to down their sherry

... or, in Lord A's case, Aunty B's port ... which has received Baines' lethal attentions ...

... and later, he learns from Baines the awful truth .

... upon hearing which, he makes, shakily, for his bed ...