I am afraid I gave you an overdose of anodyne last night, and am to blame for your low spirits of this morning.

The moment she got into her room she wrote the following note: 'I have taken an overdose of chloral.

He had been drinking more than the Band of Hope would approve of, and on top of that he got an overdose of a powerful drug.

Tension, as we saw, is symbolized in the sword of Damocles; and it can always be maintained, in a mechanical way, by letting your hero play about with a revolver, or placing an overdose of chloral well within your heroine's reach.

"It is not very pleasant to keep on refusing friends," said the captain, making amends for his harshness by pouring a serious overdose of whisky into Mr. Chalk's glass, "and it's only natural for you to be anxious about it, so I removed the temptation out of my way.