Doctor D’Avrigny Discovers the Lemonade Is Poisoned
Doctor d’Avrigny examines the recovering Barrois, asking about his symptoms—cramps, dizziness, ringing in the ears—and learns that Barrois had only consumed Noirtier’s lemonade. D’Avrigny rushes to the kitchen and seizes the decanter himself, nearly colliding with Madame de Villefort on the stairs. He returns and tastes the lemonade, confirming the bitter taste that both he and Noirtier detected. Recognizing the signs of poisoning, d’Avrigny demands an emetic and attempts to force Barrois’s clenched jaws open. As a second, more violent convulsion grips the old servant, d’Avrigny turns urgently to Noirtier with an abrupt question, while Barrois cries out in agony on the floor.
第七十九章 The Lemonade
Chapter 79, titled “The Lemonade,” depicts Dr. d’Avrigny’s urgent investigation into the sudden illness of Barrois, Noirtier’s loyal servant. Through pointed questioning of Noirtier, interrogation of the dying Barrois, and a chemical test using syrup of violets, d’Avrigny conclusively proves that the lemonade was poisoned. Barrois dies rapidly, and d’Avrigny directly accuses Villefort of presiding over a household plagued by serial poisonings, leaving the prosecutor horrified and overwhelmed.
Noirtier Questioned About the Lemonade
Dr. d’Avrigny questions the paralyzed Noirtier about the lemonade, confirming that Barrois prepared it, that Noirtier did not ask Barrois to drink any, and that it was not Villefort or his wife who offered it—Valentine was the one who brought it to him.
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