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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    lowered, and, headed by the Count Wolf clad in a glittering- suit of steel armour, richly embossed, and mounted on a black charger, the brilliant cavalcade rode into the court- yard. His men-at-arms were attired in leather coats, with breast plates and morions of steel, and looked a hardy lot of fellows. Throwing the reins to a groom, the Count dismounted from his horse and passed through the great doorway into the hall—a magnifi- cent apartment, the walls of which were hung with pictures, and a great collection of arms, and trophies of the chase. The panelled roof was enriched with elaborate carvings, picked out in crimson, blue, and gold. At the foot of the staircase stood the Duke’s seneschal, who, after informing the Count that his father awaited him in his private cabinet, conducted him to his apart- ments. In a small but richly furnished room on the east side of the Castle, the windows of which overlooked a small garden, the Duke was pacing to and fro. Though considerably over sixty, he bore his years lightly and was still erect. His fine figure was clad in a
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