"Margaret, and Mrs. Chalmers, and Pybus.
"Great powers!"
"We--we thought it was 'Aunt Jane's Jalap,' and we drank to its success."
"Are they dead?"
"Dead! Hughes!"
"How long ago is it since they took it?"
"Not long. After dinner."
"But--a wineglassful! Are they conscious?"
"They were when I just now left them. But they weren't feeling well. I--I'm not either. We couldn't understand it. This--this explains it. Hughes, you--you've murdered us!"
"Never mind, old man. Keep your head; I'll pull you through. Trust all to me. The great thing in a case like this is to keep your head. Don't sit down; keep yourself in constant circulation! Just one second! Brooks! Brooks! Run, Brooks, to the nearest doctor, and then to half-a-dozen others, and tell them there's a case of laudanum poisoning, and they're to come at once."