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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    hair was confined by a white kerchief secured with silver pins. The sun shone gaily, brightening up the lofty houses and the stately though narrow streets through which they passed, already crowded by burghers and their wives, passing and repassing, with looks of eager expectancy. Now and again they had to make way for a huge wain laden with wine barrels—for the city conduits were to run with wine for certain hours of the day in honour of the occasion—or a couple of men who in full armour and horses gaily caparisoned would come clattering through the street. As they neared the Rathhaus the throng grew greater. Here long streamers and banners fluttered from tall poles, and from the windows and balconies hung rich arras, tapestries, or brocades of crimson, gold, and silver, adding varied colour to the scene. At length they reached their goal, which was the house of Conrad Kellner, a worker in metals, whose windows overlooked the back of St. Sebald’s, and from which a good view of the proceedings could be obtained.