Did Miss Carmina's nurse take snuff?
She examined the canister: there was a white powder inside.

The mutilated label spoke in an unknown tongue.

She wetted her finger and tasted the powder.

The result was so disagreeable that she was obliged to use her handkerchief.

She put the canister back, and closed the cupboard.
"Medicine, undoubtedly," the landlady said to herself.