By the way, were you aware that your uncle was an opium-smoker ?" "No, I was not.

I knew that he had an opium-pipe which he brought with him when he came home from Japan; but I thought it was only a curio.

I remember him telling me that he once tried a few puffs at an opium-pipe and found it rather pleasant, though it gave him a headache.

But I had no idea he had contracted the habit; in fact, I may say that I was utterly astonished when the fact came out at the inquest." Thorndyke made a note of this answer, too, and said: "I think that is all I have to ask you about your uncle Jeffrey.

And now as to Mr.John Blackmore.