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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    The room was large but low-ceiled, and crossed by heavy timbers blackened with age and smoke. One end was filled by a gigantic fireplace heaped with a pile of blazing logs, in front of which a man sat warming himself. Two long tables occupied the sides of the room, and on one stood a lantern, the remains of a repast, and several empty bottles. The penetrating smell of burning wood filled the place. They seated themselves at the empty table, on which Zorastro rapped loudly with his sword, and in a few moments a shuffling was heard without and a man entered. He was a thin, diminutive specimen of humanity, with a shrivelled-up face surrounded by a mop of lank hair. Bobbing his head and blinking his eyes, he stood before the travellers. “ Art thou the landlord ? ” inquired Zorastro. “Yes, good master; leastwise, I think 1 am,” replied the man, with a sidelong glance at the door. “ Thou liest,” roared a deep voice from the rear, as a big stout woman bounced into the i