Round the Red Lamp by Arthur Conan Doyle, Fiction, Short Stories
- Editore:
Wildside Press
- EAN:
9780809597376
- ISBN:
0809597373
- Pagine:
- 244
- Formato:
- Hardback
- Lingua:
- Inglese
Descrizione Round the Red Lamp by Arthur Conan Doyle, Fiction, Short Stories
_You ask about the Red Lamp. It is the usual sign of the general practitioner in England._ My first interview with Dr. James Winter was under dramatic circumstances. It occurred at two in the morning in the bedroom of an old country house. I kicked him twice on the white waistcoat and knocked off his gold spectacles, while he with the aid of a female accomplice stifled my angry cries in a flannel petticoat and thrust me into a warm bath. I am told that one of my parents, who happened to be present, remarked in a whisper that there was nothing the matter with my lungs. I cannot recall how Dr. Winter looked at the time, for I had other things to think of, but his description of my own appearance is far from flattering. A fluffy head, a body like a trussed goose, very bandy legs, and feet with the soles turned inwards -- those are the main items which he can remember.