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The drug that they had given him was not one of those common, cheap medicines that lose their effect before they have been in the system half an hour. He felt that it would be useless to begin another supper then, even if he could get one, and so he went to bed a good deal hungrier and a good deal less refreshed than when he arrived at the inn. THE DRUG THAT THEY HAD GIVEN HIM WAS NOT ONE OF THOSE COMMON CHEAP MEDICINES THAT LOSE THEIR EFFECTS BEFORE THEY HAVE BEEN IN THE SYSTEM HALF AN HOUR HE FELT THAT IT WOULD BE USELESS TO BEGIN ANOTHER SUPPER THEN EVEN IF HE COULD GET ONE AND SO HE WENT TO BED A GOOD DEAL HUNGRIER AND A GOOD DEAL LESS REFRESHED THAN WHEN HE ARRIVED AT THE INN
d winked at it wickedly, "this is some rare old spirit peculiar to the district--some old heirloom kept specially for the favoured guest." And he held the glass aloft and made a speech, in which he wished long life and many grand-children to the old couple, and a handsome husband to the daughter, and prosperity to the whole village. They could not understand him, he knew; but he thought there might be that in his tones and gestures from which they would gather the sense of what he was saying, and understand how kindly he felt towards them all. When he had finished, he put his hand upon his heart and smiled some more, and then tossed the liquor off at a gulp. Three seconds later he discovered that it was a stringent and trustworthy emetic that he had swallowed. His audience had mistaken his signs of gratitude for efforts on his part to explain to them that he was poisoned, or, at all events, was suffering from acute and agonising indigestion, and had done what they could to comfort him. ISED IT TO THE LIGHT AND WINKED AT IT WICKEDLY THIS IS SOME RARE OLD SPIRIT PECULIAR TO THE DISTRICT SOME OLD HEIRLOOM KEPT SPECIALLY FOR THE FAVOURED GUEST AND HE HELD THE GLASS ALOFT AND MADE A SPEECH IN WHICH HE WISHED LONG LIFE AND MANY GRANDCHILDREN TO THE OLD COUPLE AND A HANDSOME HUSBAND TO THE DAUGHTER AND PROSPERITY TO THE WHOLE VILLAGE THEY COULD NOT UNDERSTAND HIM HE KNEW BUT HE THOUGHT THERE MIGHT BE THAT IN HIS TONES AND GESTURES FROM WHICH THEY WOULD GATHER THE SENSE OF WHAT HE WAS SAYING AND UNDERSTAND HOW KINDLY HE FELT TOWARDS THEM ALL WHEN HE HAD FINISHED HE PUT HIS HAND UPON HIS HEART AND SMILED SOME MORE AND THEN TOSSED THE LIQUOR OFF AT A GULP THREE SECONDS LATER HE DISCOVERED THAT IT WAS A STRINGENT AND TRUSTWORTHY EMETIC THAT HE HAD SWALLOWED HIS AUDIENCE HAD MISTAKEN HIS SIGNS OF GRATITUDE FOR EFFORTS ON HIS PART TO EXPLAIN TO THEM THAT HE WAS POISONED OR AT ALL EVENTS WAS SUFFERING FROM ACUTE AND AGONIZING INDIGESTION AND HAD DONE WHAT THEY COULD TO COMFORT HIM
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