The Count of Monte Cristo

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"What, then, is it?"

"A skilful preparation of my friend's the worthy Abbe Adelmonte, who
taught me the use of it."

"Oh," observed Madame de Villefort, "it must be an admirable
anti-spasmodic."

"Perfect, madame, as you have seen," replied the count; "and I
frequently make use of it--with all possible prudence though, be it
observed," he added with a smile of intelligence.

"Most assuredly," responded Madame de Villefort in the same tone. "As
for me, so nervous, and so subject to fainting fits, I should require
a Doctor Adelmonte to invent for me some means of breathing freely and
tranquillizing my mind, in the fear I have of dying some fine day of
suffocation. In the meanwhile, as the thing is difficult to find in