Граф Монте-Крісто

Toxicology.

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           "Whatwouldyouhave,sir?"saidthelady,laughing;"wedowhatwecan.AlltheworldhasnotthesecretoftheMedicisortheBorgias."

           "Now,"repliedthecount,shrugginghisshoulders,"shallItellyouthecauseofallthesestupidities?Itisbecause,atyourtheatres,bywhatatleastIcouldjudgebyreadingthepiecestheyplay,theyseepersonsswallowthecontentsofaphial,orsuckthebuttonofaring,andfalldeadinstantly.Fiveminutesafterwardsthecurtainfalls,andthespectatorsdepart.Theyareignorantoftheconsequencesofthemurder;theyseeneitherthepolicecommissarywithhisbadgeofoffice,northecorporalwithhisfourmen;andsothepoorfoolsbelievethatthewholethingisaseasyaslying.ButgoalittlewayfromFrancegoeithertoAleppoorCairo,oronlytoNaplesorRome,andyouwillseepeoplepassingbyyouinthestreetspeopleerect,smiling,andfresh-colored,ofwhomAsmodeus,ifyouwereholdingonbytheskirtofhismantle,wouldsay,‘Thatmanwaspoisonedthreeweeksago;hewillbeadeadmaninamonth.’"

           "Then,"remarkedMadamedeVillefort,"theyhaveagaindiscoveredthesecretofthefamousaquatofanathattheysaidwaslostatPerugia."

           "Ah,butmadame,doesmankindeverloseanything?Theartschangeaboutandmakeatouroftheworld;thingstakeadifferentname,andthevulgardonotfollowthemthatisall;butthereisalwaysthesameresult.

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