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When a man is engaged in a little affair like that, bullets lose their influence on the nerves. "'That is a pretty toy! I said. 'Where did you procure it madam, the poisoner? "With a face resembling rather a hideous mask than a human countenance, she rushed upon me; placed the muzzle of the pistol on my very breast; and drew the trigger. "The weapon snapped.
The dread sentiment of loneliness vanished in that humble companionship; and seating herself on the ground, she took the dog in her arms, and bending over it, wept in silence. The reader will doubtless have observed the consummate art with which the poisoner had hitherto advanced upon her prey.
"What does that matter to you?" "I wish to know; I am curious to-day." "I was going to Manasses." "A Jew?" "You go to Ruggieri, a poisoner." "I go where I like: I am the king. Besides, as I said, Bussy was the aggressor." "Where?" "At St. Luc's ball." "Bussy provoked five men? No, no, he is brave, but he is not mad." "Par la mordieu! I tell you I heard him.
"Yes, yes!" cried many voices, trembling with rage, "we must have the life of one or the other!" "Or of both!" "So much the worse for this priest, if he wants to prevent us from serving out our poisoner!" "Death to him! death to him!"
He was pounded with stones while the bystanders called out, "Kill the poisoner, the foreign devils' poisoner!" The whole object of this diabolical calumniating was to kindle the people into a frenzy against foreigners, especially missionaries, and to make foreign powers believe that the people are so anti-foreign that the authorities cannot secure a foreigner's safety outside of the treaty ports.
"Perhaps it is a poisoner!" said one of the drinkers in the tavern of the Rue de la Calandre nothing more and Goliath had been pitilessly murdered. What imperious reasons for penetrating the lowest depths of the masses with instruction and with light to enable unfortunate creatures to defend themselves from so many stupid prejudices, so many fatal superstitions, so much implacable fanaticism!
One little drop one, little microbe of mischief and I can make all your enemies die of cholera, typhoid, bubonic plague, or what you please! I am what is called a Christian scientific poisoner that is a doctor! You will find me a most invaluable member of this Brotherhood!" He nodded his head wisely, and smiled. Sergius Thord laid one hand heavily on his shoulder.
"Thou hast dared to brand thy late stepfather as the poisoner of thy mother; wilt thou state any cause or justification thou mayest have, over and above that indicated by the letter and confession we have read?" "I did not dream of such guilt before I heard that confession, months after the death of my mother." "Hadst thou ever seen medicine administered to her?"
The precepts for the physician to make his patient thoroughly healthy, and for a poisoner to ensure certain death, are of equal value in this respect, that each serves to effect its purpose perfectly.
"That's cheerful information," said Tom. "And why didn't they slay the poisoner?" "Eberybody 'fraid to touch him 'fraid he be poisoned." "I'd run my chances providing I had a knife or a club," muttered Tom. "Or a pistol," finished Sam. "Such rascals are not fit to live."
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