Dickie.
You seem to like your medicine with some body in it.
Mrs. Watson.
Well, I like taking medicines. It’s something to do; and now my daughter’s married I’m very much alone. I think I’ve taken every medicine in the Pharmacopœia, and they’ve none of them done me any good.
Dickie.
[Handing her a prescription.] Well, perhaps this will. You must take it three times a day before meals.
Mrs. Watson.
[Looking at it.] Oh! but I’ve had this before, Dr. O’Farrell. Sir Arthur Thomas gave me this only a few months ago.
Dickie.
Well, try it again. Perhaps you didn’t give it a fair chance.