Well, just afore 'e left, 'e come to me with a dark blue bottle, and 'e says: 'Look 'ere, Mrs.Briggs, she won't last out the week.

She's quiet now,' 'e says, 'for I've given 'er a dose as'll last for some hours.

But when that's exhausted,' 'e says, 'the pain'll come back.

And so I'm goin' to give you this.' 'E 'olds it up to the light, and looks at it.

'It's good stuff,' 'e says.