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“Mrs Finestein, you knohat killed your husband?”

“Yes, I do” She smiled softly “Gluttony I told him not to eat it I specifically told him not to eat it I said it was for Mrs Hennessy across the hall”

“Mrs Hennessy” That jolted Eve back several mental paces “You—”

“Of course, I knew he’d eat it, anyway He was very selfish that way”

Eve cleared her throat “Could we, ah, turn the program off?”

“Hmm? Oh, I’m sorry” The flustered hostess tapped her cheeks with her hands “That’s so rude I’ it play all day I don’t even notice it Uram—no, screen off”

“And the audio,” Eve said patiently

“Of course” Shaking her head as the sound continued to run, Hetta looked sheepish “I’ve just never gotten the hang of the thing since itched from remote to voice Sound off, please There, that’s better, isn’t it”

The woman could bake a poisoned pie, but couldn’t control her own television, Eve thought It took all kinds “Mrs Finestein, I don’t want you to say any hts Until you’re sure you understand thean, while Hetta continued to sently

Hetta waited until the recitation was over “I didn’t expect to get aith it Not really”

“Get ahat, Mrs Finestein?”

“Poisoning Joe Although” She pursed her lips like a child “My grandson’s a lawyer—a very clever boy I think he’d say that since I did tell Joe, very specifically told hi than mine In any case,” she said and waited patiently

“Mrs Finestein, are you telling me that you added synthetic cyanide co your husband?”

“No, dear I’ you I added cyanide coar to a pie, and told my husband not to touch it ‘Joe,’ I said, ‘Don’t you so much as sniff this custard pie I baked it special, and it’s not for you You hear me, Joe?’ ”

Hetta sht, and then just before I left for ain, just to be sure ‘I mean it, Joe You let that pie be’ I expected he would eat it, though, but that was up to him, wasn’t it? Let me tell you about Joe,” she continued conversationally, and picked up the cookie tray to urge another on Eve When Eve hesitated, she laughed gaily “Oh, dear, these are quite safe, I proave a dozen to the nice little boy upstairs”