Of course, the conversation turned for some time upon what had occurred on the preceding evening.

Matilde scouted the idea that any one had attempted to poison her.

It was perfectly clear, she said, that, although the paper which the doctor had carried away to examine only contained exactly the right amount of medicine, the one from which Matilda had taken her dose must have had too much in it.

She was quite out of the habit of taking arsenic, too, and a very slight overdose would always produce the symptoms of poisoning.

Veronica could see that she had felt no serious ill effects from the accident.