Cambric Tea

Marjorie Bowen  was a British author who wrote historical romances, supernatural horror stories, popular history and biography. Her total output numbers over 150 volumes with the bulk of her work under the 'Bowen' pseudonym. She also wrote under the names Joseph Shearin,  John Winch, Robert Paye. As Joseph Shearing, she wrote several sinister gothic romances full of terror and mystery. Many of these stories were published as Berkley Medallion Books. 

CAMBRIC TEA is a famous short mysterious story by Marjorie Bowen. The story begins by portraying a scene on Christmas Eve involving a young physician - Bevis Holroyd and his new patient.  This man makes the astounding accusation that his wife is poisoning him, lacing his cambric tea with arsenic. What has happened indeed?