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Updated: May 12, 2025
"What do you want me to do, Boy-ee?" cried his father, in desperation. "Give up a business worth half a million a year, net?" "I'm not asking anything, sir. Only let me do the best I can, in the way that looks right to me. I've got to go back to the office now. Good-night, Dad." The arch-quack looked after his son's retreating figure, and his big, animal-like eyes were very tender.
The old man turned pale, and Varney proceeded. "Wot you not he hath offered a reward for the arch-quack and poison-vender, Demetrius, who sold certain precious spices to his lordship's cook? What! turn you pale, old friend? Does Hali already see an infortune in the House of Life?
He was the arch-quack of his age, the last of the great pretenders to the philosopher's stone and the water of life, and during his brief season of prosperity one of the most conspicuous characters of Europe. His real name was Joseph Balsamo. He was born at Palermo about the year 1743, of humble parentage.
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