Lady Beatrice: Let me out! Open this door right now, Thomas!
Thomas: I take orders only from Lord Arthur, ma'am.
Lady Beatrice: I will make sure you are fired and blacklisted from every estate in England!
Lord Arthur: You won't be blacklisting anyone from a prison cell, Beatrice.
Two uniformed police officers walked briskly into the dining room, followed by a detective in a dark trench coat.
Detective Davies: Lord Arthur? We received an urgent call regarding an attempted poisoning on the premises.
Lord Arthur: Welcome, Detective. Yes, my daughter-in-law, Lady Beatrice, just attempted to slip arsenic into my wine decanter.
Lady Beatrice: It's a lie! They are framing me because they want to cut me out of the family will!
Detective Davies: Ma'am, please remain calm. We have officers standing outside as well.
Lord Arthur: Detective, our house waitress recorded the entire incident on her mobile phone. You can watch the footage yourself right now.
Clara stepped forward politely and handed her smartphone to Detective Davies.
Clara: Here is the video, sir. It clearly shows her pouring the powder into the decanter at 6:15 PM today.
Detective Davies watched the video clip intently, his forehead creasing as he observed the footage.
Detective Davies: This is very clear video evidence. Ma'am, is this you in the video?
Lady Beatrice: I... I was just putting sugar in his wine!
Detective Davies: Sugar from a paper chemical packet marked with a toxic hazard symbol?
Lady Beatrice swallowed hard, unable to formulate another lie as her face flushed red with shame.
Detective Davies: Officer Jenkins, bag that decanter as primary physical evidence for the forensic lab.
Officer Jenkins: Right away, Detective.
Detective Davies: Lady Beatrice, you are under arrest for attempted murder, conspiracy to commit fraud, and physical assault against domestic staff. You have the right to remain silent.
The officers stepped forward, pulling her hands behind her back and clicking a pair of cold steel handcuffs around her wrists.
Lady Beatrice: Get your hands off me! Do you know who my father is?!
Detective Davies: It doesn't matter who your father is, ma'am. The law applies to everyone equally.