amanda knew about it last time i saw her in new york we were rehashing the whole thing , and she said , 'and what about that man who strangely disappeared1 ' of course she connected it with cornell , you know the one who died in the hotel downtown after he called on carlotta i tell you , she poisons them and they go home and die afterwards it 's one of those chemicals with a delayed effect this texan was some sort of historian from england .