Zorastro : a romance / by Creswick J. Thompson [pseud.].

  • Charles Thompson
Date:
1899
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Zorastro : a romance / by Creswick J. Thompson [pseud.]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    In a short time it was all settled. Zorastro decided to accept the invitation to Basle, and take Karl with him to act as his scrivener. The hours fled all too swiftly as the time for their departure drew near. The last day at length arrived. Dame Margaret and Dulcie were busy helping Karl with loving hands to make preparations for the journey. Erasmus had provided him with a good use- ful horse with suitable appointments, includ- ing a trusty Toledo blade with a basket hilt, a weapon of defence which Karl knew how to use well. There had been an atmosphere of quiet and sadness about the house all day, and towards evening Karl drew Dulcie out of doors, and side by side they sauntered through the quiet streets, to look once more on the spots he loved so well. Together they lingered round the old fountain of the merry