The correct answer is sweet medicine.
The Story of an Hour, written by Kate Chopin, tells the story of a young woman who finds out that her husband is presumably dead. Unlike most women, she doesn't feel extreme sadness over the news - quite the contrary, she finally feels free from the constraints of her marriage.
She goes to her room and looks through an open window, drinking in a very elixir of life - this means that she enjoys the thought that she is no longer locked in a marriage, but rather can be true to herself. Unfortunately, her happiness is short-lived, as her husband comes home very much alive, and she dies of disappointment.