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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    i the story from thy mother’s own lips. I have not told her yet that her son still lives, and is so near at hand.” “ But how canst thou prove to her I am her child?” asked Karl, overwhelmed with the news and still incredulous. “ By the talisman she herself placed round thy neck when a babe, and which thou dost still wear. Thou must lend it to me for a while,” replied Zorastro. Karl took the talisman from his neck and handed it to him as one in a dream. “ Oh, Karl, this is indeed wonderful,” cried Dulcie, as she came in and heard the end of the story. “It will make no difference in my love for thee, dear heart,” said Karl, as he drew her to him tenderly. “ Come, thou wilt have ample time for embracing in future,” said Zorastro, with a twinkle in his eye ; “ but I have not told thee all yet. Last night the Duke was stricken with a sudden sickness after a stormy interview with his son, the Count, who at once left the Castle.” “ And so the coward has fled,” said Karl.
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