[…] I allude to the æthers formed by the union of fatty acids with different alcohols. […] With regard to the fatty æthers themselves, I prepared them generally by M. Berthelot's method, by heating the alcohol and the acid for a day at 392°F. in a tube hermetically sealed; the product was mixed with a little æther, and it was digested some time with slaked lime in the water-bath, to separate the free acid from the neutral compound.

“That's all lovely,” she said, settling her grumblesome tummy with a firm press of her palm.

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And I'm not seeing anyone, she added, just to twist the knife — in whom, she wasn't sure.