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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    “ Shall we go forward or retrace our steps ? This forest, I know, extends a long way to the east. If we follow this path it should bring us to the Bayreuth road, and then our way is clear. On the other hand, if we go back we shall emerge on the Bamberg road, and may meet with those miscreants again.” “ Oh, let us go on,” replied Dulcie ; “ my foot gives me no pain now, and after this rest I shall be able to walk.” “ Then forward it shall be, and thou shalt tell me what befel thee after leaving Nurem- berg as we go along.” “ Early this morning, though it seems like a week ago,” commenced Dulcie, “a strange woman came with a message that thou hadst met with an accident some distance beyond the city walls and had sent for me. We had been very anxious at thy absence during the night, and felt sure some ill had befallen thee. So I quickly got ready to accompany the woman, who said she had been sent to guide me. We hurried so quickly to the New Gate that she gave me little time to ask any questions. A short distance outside the walls I noticed two men riding slowly to-