Граф Монте-Кристо

Toxicology.

           Thedoctorsopenthebodyandsaywithanairofprofoundlearning,‘Thesubjecthasdiedofatumorontheliver,oroftyphoidfever!’"

           "But,"remarkedMadamedeVillefort,"allthesecircumstanceswhichyoulinkthustooneanothermaybebrokenbytheleastaccident;thevulturemaynotseethefowl,ormayfallahundredyardsfromthefish-pond."

           "Ah,thatiswheretheartcomesin.TobeagreatchemistintheEast,onemustdirectchance;andthisistobeachieved."—MadamedeVillefortwasindeepthought,yetlistenedattentively."But,"sheexclaimed,suddenly,"arsenicisindelible,indestructible;inwhatsoeverwayitisabsorbed,itwillbefoundagaininthebodyofthevictimfromthemomentwhenithasbeentakeninsufficientquantitytocausedeath."

           "Preciselyso,"criedMonteCristo—"preciselyso;andthisiswhatIsaidtomyworthyAdelmonte.Hereflected,smiled,andrepliedtomebyaSicilianproverb,whichIbelieveisalsoaFrenchproverb,‘Myson,theworldwasnotmadeinadaybutinseven.ReturnonSunday.’OntheSundayfollowingIdidreturntohim.Insteadofhavingwateredhiscabbagewitharsenic,hehadwatereditthistimewithasolutionofsalts,havingtheirbasisinstrychnine,strychnoscolubrina,asthelearnedtermit.Now,thecabbagehadnottheslightestappearanceofdiseaseintheworld,andtherabbithadnotthesmallestdistrust;yet,fiveminutesafterwards,therabbitwasdead.Thefowlpeckedattherabbit,andthenextdaywasadeadhen.

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