"So," Madame de Villefort added, constantly returning to her goal, "the poisons of the Borgias, the Medicis, the Renées, the Ruggieris, and later probably that of Baron de Trenck, whose story has been so misused by modern drama and novels-"
"Were works of art, madame, and nothing more," the Count replied. "Do you think the true scientist stupidly targets mere individuals? Not at all. Science loves eccentricities, leaps and bounds, tests of strength, experiments, if I may call them that. For instance, the excellent Abbé Adelmonte I mentioned made some marvelous experiments this way."
"Really?"
