Note 15 — Chapter XXI · THE DEAD-HOUSE OF THE HÔTEL DIEU, AND THE ORGY AT THE HÔTEL DE CLUNY

‘And yet to any one who cared to drug our fountains,’ said Philippe, ‘it would not be difficult, at nightfall, to row along the river and climb up the pillars of the Samaritaine.15 A potion in its reservoir would carry death tolerably well over the city by the next noontide.’