spineto

Updated: May 14, 2025

I know a man, sir, a doctor's son, like well, don't be angry, I meant nothing offensive a doctor's son, I say, who was walking the hospitals here, and quarrelled with his governor on questions of finance, and what did he do when he came to his last five-pound note? he let his mustachios grow, went into a provincial town, where he announced himself as Professor Spineto, chiropodist to the Emperor of All the Russians, and by a happy operation on the editor of the country newspaper, established himself in practice, and lived reputably for three years.

William Makepeace Thackeray - The History of Pendennis