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Schallibaum's voice; very low, but eager and intense. I turned, with my finger on the patient's wrist, and looked into the face of the most thoroughly scared woman I have ever seen. She made no attempt now to avoid the light, but looked me squarely in the face, and I noticed, half-unconsciously, that her eyes were brown and had a curious strained expression. "Yes," I answered, "he is very ill.
R. Austin (Richard Austin) Freeman - The Mystery of 31 New Inn

If the sugar had been dissolved in your tea, the quantity that you drank would have contained enough aconitine to lay you out within a few minutes; which would account for Mrs. Schallibaum's anxiety to get clear of the premises. She saw you drink from the cup, but I imagine she had not seen you turn the sugar out." "No, I should say not, to judge by her expression. She looked terrified.
R. Austin (Richard Austin) Freeman - The Mystery of 31 New Inn
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