Of course, one has to be careful.

I suppose that one or two hundred drops would stop the heart altogether, but a little of it is excellent for palpitations.

Do you suffer from them?
Should you like some?
I have a large supply, for I always use it.
I can give you a small bottle, if you like." "No," answered Matilde, still looking away from him, towards the photographs on the mantelpiece.

"I am afraid of those things.

They get into the system, as arsenic does, and mercury, and such things." "Not at all," said Macomer.