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

  • Charles Thompson
Date:
1899
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Credit: Zorastro : a romance / by Creswick J. Thompson [pseud.]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    But, come, thou shalt have a cup of sack, and tell us what thou hast been doing.” The sack having been brought, they seated themselves by the fireside, and Petro stretched out his toes to the blaze. It was not long before the liquor, of which he had had more than enough already, began to loosen his tongue. “And what bringest thee here?” asked Zorastro. “ The old trade. I have a commission to perform, though ’tis a poor one enough. My fees are higher now I work with the most recent discovery.” “ What may that be ? ” “ Hast thou not heard of the wonderful ‘Italian comfortive ’ discovered by Porta? Then thou art indeed behind the times, oh learned physician. It is a most subtle and certain remedy for all ills. It never fails me, and is so tempered that I can also make a man suffer from whatever sickness I will.” “ From which he never recovers. Eh ? ” “Well, that depends upon the fee, of course. But perchance thou canst recom-