temple-sweeper

Updated: May 15, 2025

And rare wine it was, I warrant, which the blessed Solomon had in his little country cellar up there in Lebanon. We'll try if this is not a very fair substitute for it, though. Come, my little man-monkey, drink, and forget your sorrow! You shall be temple-sweeper to Beelzebub yet, I promise you.

Charles Kingsley - Hypatia — or New Foes with an Old Face