Doctor Therne - H Rider Haggard - Books - Createspace - 9781481918176 - January 5, 2013
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Doctor Therne

H Rider Haggard

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Doctor Therne

Publisher Marketing: Excerpt: ...been no outbreak of smallpox for years. Now, as I have said, I was a master of my trade, and soon proved myself competent to deal skilfully with such illnesses, surgical or medical, as I was called upon to treat. Thus my practice grew, especially among the small tradespeople and artisans, who did not belong to clubs, but preferred to pay for a doctor in whom they had confidence. Three years and more had gone by since that night on which I sat opposite to a wine-glass full of poison and was the prey of visions, when once again I received a call from Stephen Strong. With this good-hearted, though misguided man, and his amiable, but weak-minded wife, I had kept up an intimacy that in time ripened into genuine friendship. On every Sunday night, and sometimes oftener, I took supper with them, and discussed with Mrs. Strong the important questions of our descent from the lost Tribes and whether or no the lupus from which she suffered was the result of vaccination in infancy. Owing to a press of patients, to whom I was obliged to attend, I was not able to receive Mr. Strong for nearly half an hour. "Things are a bit different from what they used to be, doctor," he said as he entered the room looking much the same as ever, with the exception that now even his last hairs had gone, leaving him completely bald, "there's six more of them waiting there, and all except one can pay a fee. Yes, the luck has turned for you since you were called in to attend cobbler Samuels' children, and you haven't seen the top of it yet, I can tell you. Now, what do you think I have come to see you about?" "Can't say. I give it up." "Then I will tell you. You saw in yesterday's paper that old brewer Hicks, the member for Dunchester, has been raised to the peerage. I understand he told the Government that if they kept him waiting any longer he would stop his subscription to the party funds, and as that's 5000 pounds a year, they gave in, believing the seat to be a safe one. But... Contributor Bio:  Haggard, H Rider Stephen Coan is an assistant editor of The Natal Witness.

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released January 5, 2013
ISBN13 9781481918176
Publishers Createspace
Pages 112
Dimensions 152 × 229 × 7 mm   ·   176 g

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