On Chapter II, Part 1 we find the character of Sally
Oates, a cobbler's wife, who was sitting by the fire suffering from symptoms of "heart
disease and dropsy" which reminded him of the symptoms his own mother experienced prior
to dying. Silas remembered that a certain concoction made of "foxglove" which is
referred to as "the stuff".
Silas remembered that such
concoction made his mother believe that she was getting better, and (in order to ease
Sally's pain), he brought her some of "the stuff" and held a high esteem in Sally's eyes
since it did the same effect on Sally as it did with Silas's mother. The only condition
was that the woman could not tell the local doctor about what Silas was doing because
(as expected) the doctor did not agree with those local cures that play with the psyche
of others.
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