Граф Монте-Кристо

Toxicology.

           "IhaveseenRussiansdevour,withoutbeingvisiblyinconvenienced,vegetablesubstanceswhichwouldinfalliblyhavekilledaNeapolitanoranArab."

           "AndyoureallybelievetheresultwouldbestillmoresurewithusthanintheEast,andinthemidstofourfogsandrainsamanwouldhabituatehimselfmoreeasilythaninawarmlatitudetothisprogressiveabsorptionofpoison?"

           "Certainly;itbeingatthesametimeperfectlyunderstoodthatheshouldhavebeendulyfortifiedagainstthepoisontowhichhehadnotbeenaccustomed."

           "Yes,Iunderstandthat;andhowwouldyouhabituateyourself,forinstance,orrather,howdidyouhabituateyourselftoit?"

           "Oh,veryeasily.Supposeyouknewbeforehandthepoisonthatwouldbemadeuseofagainstyou;supposethepoisonwas,forinstance,brucine"

           "Brucineisextractedfromthefalseangostura8isitnot?"inquiredMadamedeVillefort.

           "Precisely,madame,"repliedMonteCristo;"butIperceiveIhavenotmuchtoteachyou.Allowmetocomplimentyouonyourknowledge;suchlearningisveryrareamongladies."

           8Brucoeaferruginea.

           "Oh,Iamawareofthat,"saidMadamedeVillefort;"butIhaveapassionfortheoccultsciences,whichspeaktotheimaginationlikepoetry,andarereducibletofigures,likeanalgebraicequation;butgoon,Ibegofyou;whatyousayinterestsmetothegreatestdegree.

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