Tonic Bitters, Vol. 1 of 2

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Excerpt from Tonic Bitters, Vol. 1 of 2: A Novel The Glasgow boat was overdue at Gourock, as was shown by the impatient looks of the two persons who were waiting for her on the little quay. One was the Gourock doctor - a tall, thin, large-boned man of fifty, - the other a plump, brisk, little woman of about the same age. When the boat at length arrived, the doctor bore down upon a red-haired, red-eyed miniature of himself, and strode off with the boy in one big hand, and his box in the other. The lady, with greater signs of agitation, trotted up to two young girls in deep mourning. "I'm your aunt Euphemia, weans, and I'm vera glad to see ye, " was her abrupt greeting, with a strong western Scottish accent. "Come awa, come awa, " she added, "Jamie Mackellar will see to your bits of things, won't you, Jamie? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.