His assistant--a fine young fellow, you know him, perhaps ?--has also been poisoned by copperas.

I have only this instant quitted him." "What an odd coincidence." "Very odd, indeed.

Two exactly similar cases of poisoning at the same time and all because copper vessels were used and not properly cleaned." "And how is the young man progressing?
Is he out of danger ?" "Fortunately; although at the outset his was an even worse case than the young lady's.

But then he is so much stronger.

Well, good-bye! I will look in again to-morrow." "But I should be so much easier, doctor, if you never left my grandchild's side." "I would willingly do even that if I had not other patients in the town to attend to." "Could you not entrust them to someone else ?" "Impossible.