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The "torn wallpaper" line is another reference to arsenic, which was a component of wallpaper paste until around WWII. One could obtain the poison by scraping the paste off the wall.
The "torn wallpaper" line is another reference to arsenic, which was a component of wallpaper paste until around WWII. One could obtain the poison by scraping the paste off the wall.