In his chest of drawers, hidden beneath some underclothing, we found: first, a pair of gold- 145 rimmed pince-nez similar to those worn by Mr. Inglethorp" ”these were exhibited ”"secondly, this phial." The phial was that already recognized by the chemist's assistant, a tiny bottle of blue glass, containing a few grains of a white crystalline powder, and labelled: "Strychnine Hydrochloride. 
From this, we can only assume that he had been having a drug-fueled affair with Mr. Inglethorp.