What was it now, she wondered--a divorce case, a scandal--what?
The medicine was made up into little powders, to be taken until they gave relief, and Constance folded the paper of one, poured it on the back of her tongue and swallowed a glass of water afterward.
Her head continued to throb, but she felt a sense of well-being that she had not before.

Adele urged her to take another, and Constance did so.
The second powder increased the effect of the first marvelously.

But Constance noticed that she now began to feel queer.

She was not used to taking medicine.

For a moment she felt that she was above, beyond the reach of ordinary rules and laws.