Crossword-Solution: ARSENATE 8 letters, 5 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 8

And now--kill me, for there is nothing more I can say.” “The poison,” replied Koupriane coldly, “the poison that he poured into the general’s potion was that arsenate of soda which was on the grapes the Marshal of the Court brought here.

Still, I have already analyzed the two napkins, you know.” “Yes? The stains? Tell me, for the love of God!” “Well, my boy, it is arsenate of soda again.” Rouletabille, stricken to the heart, uttered a low cry and everything seemed to dance around him.

Was it possible that he had made a mortal error? Alas, alas, how could he doubt it now! The arsenate of soda continued.

The thing is as certain as that we two are here--arsenate of soda in the stains on the two napkins and traces of arsenate of soda in two of the four glasses; none in the carafe, none in the little bottle, none in the two glasses.

The impurity was principally iron, a most unusual thing in my experience, and was due to two causes revealed by assay of the ore and analysis of the mine water, viz., an excess of arsenate of iron in the stone, and the presence in large proportions of mineral salts, principally chloride of Calcium CaCl., sodium NaCl, and magnesium MgCl2, in the mine water used in the battery.