When the doctors came to look at the poor lady they saw at once what was the matter, and called the maid.

The maid said her mistress certainly had some green stuff in a little bottle which she often used to take; and when they inquired further they heard that the baroness had poured out much more than usual the night before, while the maid was combing her hair, for she seemed terribly excited and restless.

So they got the bottle and found it nearly empty.

Then the doctors said, 'At what time was this young man who is now arrested seen to give her the glass of water ?' The man-servant said it was about two in the afternoon.

So the doctors knew that if Nino had given her the chloral she could not have gone out afterwards, and have been awake at eleven in the evening when her maid was with her, and yet have been hurt by what he gave her.