from that jar there—No, not that one," he yelled, with unaccustomed alarm, as Susannah reached for a jar filled with yellow lumps in a greasy residue. "That's phosphorus," he said, more calmly, as she withdrew her hand, "and truly good for nothing but to poison rats when the vermin runs riot. Look you well on the label and give me the Galene from that—Yes, that jar."
Susannah read the label on the phosphorus, anyway, curious. It was soluble in grease and the symptoms the same as those that came upon elderly who caught a chill—an embarrassment of walk and speech, a looseness of the bowels, and death shortly after.
Thus they worked, till John left, with his full bag and his mind also full of prescriptions and decisions and ideas.
As for Susannah, having seen that Elizabeth was seated and practicing her sewing upon a piece of cloth under Jane's supervision, she put her cloak on and ventured forth, into the rain, the scant space along the road to her parents' house next door.
Her mother was resting, so one of the serving wenches told her, when Susannah entered the well-appointed parlor crowded with silken throws and damask pillows, but her father sat in the small room at the back, the one that overlooked
Susannah read the label on the phosphorus, anyway, curious. It was soluble in grease and the symptoms the same as those that came upon elderly who caught a chill—an embarrassment of walk and speech, a looseness of the bowels, and death shortly after.
Thus they worked, till John left, with his full bag and his mind also full of prescriptions and decisions and ideas.
As for Susannah, having seen that Elizabeth was seated and practicing her sewing upon a piece of cloth under Jane's supervision, she put her cloak on and ventured forth, into the rain, the scant space along the road to her parents' house next door.
Her mother was resting, so one of the serving wenches told her, when Susannah entered the well-appointed parlor crowded with silken throws and damask pillows, but her father sat in the small room at the back, the one that overlooked