poulticer

Updated: May 9, 2025

Then there began to be a wind that they had to lean against, but the women were allowed no rest. At last at a place where the trail began to widen, the mullah beckoned King to ride beside him. It was not that he wished to be communicative, but there were things King knew that he did not know, and he had his own way of asking questions. "Damned hakim!" he growled. "Pill-man! Poulticer!

Talbot Mundy - King of the Khyber Rifles