"Now, I want you to test it." "In a culture ?" I asked; for I guessed her meaning.
She nodded.

"Yes, to see what that man has done to it." "What do you suspect ?" She shrugged her graceful shoulders half imperceptibly.
"How should I know?
Anything!" I gazed at the needle closely.

"What made you distrust it ?" I inquired at last, still eyeing it.
She opened a drawer, and took out several others.

"See here," she said, handing me one; "THESE are the needles I keep in antiseptic wool--the needles with which I always supply the Professor.

You observe their shape--the common surgical patterns.