'Rocco was the last.' 'Don't begin by lying to me.

If you had no accomplice, how did you contrive that one particular bottle of Romanee-Conti should be served to his Highness Prince Eugen ?' 'Then you discovered that in time, did you ?' said Jules.

'I was afraid so.
Let me explain that that needed no accomplice.

The bottle was topmost in the bin, and naturally it would be taken.

Moreover, I left it sticking out a little further than the rest.' 'You did not arrange, then, that Hubbard should be taken ill the night before last ?' 'I had no idea,' said Jules, 'that the excellent Hubbard was not enjoying his accustomed health.' 'Tell me,' said Racksole, 'who or what is the origin of your vendetta against the life of Prince Eugen ?' 'I had no vendetta against the life of Prince Eugen,' said Jules, 'at least, not to begin with.