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The Apothecary
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Chapters 10-19Chapter Summaries & Analyses
Chapter 10 Summary: “The Smell of Truth”
Content Warning: This section of the guide includes discussion of death.
Benjamin and Janie leave the garden, and he doesn’t think the apothecary plan will ever work. Janie, however, is feeling brave and resolves to test the herb. She reminds Benjamin that he wanted a life of adventure. They crush and boil some veritas leaves, and Benjamin asks Janie who she likes; she can’t help but tell the truth and say it’s him. When she asks him the same question, he admits that he likes Sarah Pennington. He doesn’t want to, he says, but she’s so beautiful. Janie is embarrassed, and she tells Benjamin that Sarah has a crush on Mr. Danby, who is “dreamy.” The effect of the herb quickly wears off, and they decide to pretend this never happened, though Benjamin admits that the veritas works.
Chapter 11 Summary: “The Samovar”
Benjamin knows where the Shiskins live. When Sergei answers the door, Benjamin and Janie say that they want him to be the third member of their science team, which is conducting an experiment to determine the properties of an herb; they explain that they must brew it. Sergei says that his mother and sister are in Russia, and he shows them his family’s samovar.
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