Граф Монте-Крісто

Toxicology.

           Thetwofavoritestudiesofmyyouthwerebotanyandmineralogy,andsubsequently,whenIlearnedthattheuseofsimplesfrequentlyexplainedthewholehistoryofapeople,andtheentirelifeofindividualsintheEast,asflowersbetokenandsymbolizealoveaffair,IhaveregrettedthatIwasnotaman,thatImighthavebeenaFlamel,aFontana,oraCabanis."

           "Andthemore,madame,"saidMonteCristo,"astheOrientalsdonotconfinethemselves,asdidMithridates,tomakeacuirassofhispoisons,buttheyalsomadethemadagger.Sciencebecomes,intheirhands,notonlyadefensiveweapon,butstillmorefrequentlyanoffensiveone;theoneservesagainstalltheirphysicalsufferings,theotheragainstalltheirenemies.Withopium,belladonna,brucaea,snake-wood,andthecherry-laurel,theyputtosleepallwhostandintheirway.Thereisnotoneofthosewomen,Egyptian,Turkish,orGreek,whomhereyoucall‘goodwomen,’whodonotknowhow,bymeansofchemistry,tostupefyadoctor,andinpsychologytoamazeaconfessor."

           "Really,"saidMadamedeVillefort,whoseeyessparkledwithstrangefireatthisconversation.

           "Oh,yes,indeed,madame,"continuedMonteCristo,"thesecretdramasoftheEastbeginwithalovephiltreandendwithadeathpotionbeginwithparadiseandendwithhell.

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