She could have done any sort of physical task, she felt, no matter how difficult.

She was amazed at herself, as compared to what she had been only a few moments before.
"Another one ?" asked Adele finally.
Constance was by this time genuinely alarmed at the sudden unwonted effect on herself.

"N-no," she replied dubiously, "I don't think I want to take any more, just yet." "Not another ?" asked Adele in surprise.

"I wish they would affect me that way.

Sometimes I have to take the whole dozen before they have any effect." They chatted for a few minutes, and finally Adele rose.
"Well," she remarked with a nervous twitching of her body, as if she were eager to be doing something, "I really must be going.