Граф Монте-Кристо

Toxicology.

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           "So,"addedMadamedeVillefort,constantlyreturningtoherobject,"thepoisonsoftheBorgias,theMedicis,theRenes,theRuggieris,andlater,probably,thatofBarondeTrenck,whosestoryhasbeensomisusedbymoderndramaandromance"—

           "Wereobjectsofart,madame,andnothingmore,"repliedthecount."Doyousupposethattherealsavantaddresseshimselfstupidlytothemereindividual?Bynomeans.Scienceloveseccentricities,leapsandbounds,trialsofstrength,fancies,ifImaybeallowedsototermthem.Thus,forinstance,theexcellentAbbeAdelmonte,ofwhomIspokejustnow,madeinthiswaysomemarvellousexperiments."

           "Really?"

           "Yes;Iwillmentiononetoyou.Hehadaremarkablyfinegarden,fullofvegetables,flowers,andfruit.Fromamongstthesevegetablesheselectedthemostsimpleacabbage,forinstance.Forthreedayshewateredthiscabbagewithadistillationofarsenic;onthethird,thecabbagebegantodroopandturnyellow.Atthatmomenthecutit.Intheeyesofeverybodyitseemedfitfortable,andpreserveditswholesomeappearance.ItwasonlypoisonedtotheAbbeAdelmonte.HethentookthecabbagetotheroomwherehehadrabbitsfortheAbbeAdelmontehadacollectionofrabbits,cats,andguinea-pigs,fullyasfineashiscollectionofvegetables,flowers,andfruit.Well,theAbbeAdelmontetookarabbit,andmadeiteataleafofthecabbage.Therabbitdied.

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