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The next morning Haldane was busy in his laboratory. When he came in to lunch, looking disreputable enough in his old coat, and smelling strongly of tobacco, he said to his wife --
"By-the-by, Nell, do you remember what I told you last night about Dupré's wonderful elixir? I forgot to tell you that I have brought some of it with me, for purposes of private experiment. " Ellen looked horrified.