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She had lost a bottle of opium -- but that was on the trip from New Orleans.

Or someone had taken it during her first day at Honotassa.

Yes, she had missed it after her talk with Emile, after dinner, just before Emile was shot.

Rilly or Glendora had entered her room while she slept, bringing back her washed clothes.

So somebody else could have come in, too -- then or later while she was out of the room.

It would have been easy to identify as opium by its odor.