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Here was a quandary . `` No , '' he shouted , seizing the telephone . Before Kennedy could move , Clutching Hand had pulled the telephone wires with almost superhuman strength from the junction box . `` In that watch , '' he hissed , `` I have set a poisoned needle in a spring that will be released and will plunge it into her arm at exactly three o'clock . On the needle is ricinus ! '' Craig advanced , furious . As he did so , Clutching Hand pointed calmly to the clock .