Граф Монте-Кристо

Toxicology.

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           "Well,"repliedMonteCristo"suppose,then,thatthispoisonwasbrucine,andyouweretotakeamilligrammethefirstday,twomilligrammesthesecondday,andsoon.Well,attheendoftendaysyouwouldhavetakenacentigramme,attheendoftwentydays,increasinganothermilligramme,youwouldhavetakenthreehundredcentigrammes;thatistosay,adosewhichyouwouldsupportwithoutinconvenience,andwhichwouldbeverydangerousforanyotherpersonwhohadnottakenthesameprecautionsasyourself.Well,then,attheendofamonth,whendrinkingwaterfromthesamecarafe,youwouldkillthepersonwhodrankwithyou,withoutyourperceiving,otherwisethanfromslightinconvenience,thattherewasanypoisonoussubstancemingledwiththiswater."

           "Doyouknowanyothercounter-poisons?"

           "Idonot."

           "Ihaveoftenread,andreadagain,thehistoryofMithridates,"saidMadamedeVillefortinatoneofreflection,"andhadalwaysconsidereditafable."

           "No,madame,contrarytomosthistory,itistrue;butwhatyoutellme,madame,whatyouinquireofme,isnottheresultofachancequery,fortwoyearsagoyouaskedmethesamequestions,andsaidthen,thatforaverylongtimethishistoryofMithridateshadoccupiedyourmind."

           "True,sir.

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