Word: arsenious
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...know and bear in silence." Mississippian Kirk McLean is not only "downright fond" of scuppernong wine, he is also the father of at least two quadroons. One day a disgruntled and sulking yellow girl flavors the family tea with a dash of king's yellow, or orpiment, an arsenious pigment. Somebody dies, and the girl is brought to trial...
...England. Grey-mustached Sir William's principles were as high as his bowler, his methods sometimes as narrow as his collar. He did not like the idea of female bobbies. In 1922 he cunningly waved away poisoned éclairs sent to him by mail, soon afterwards mistook some arsenious chocolate creams for an expected gift. He recovered-and succeeded in tracking down the insane sender of both sweets...
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