Irons in the Fire
“"If there's somewhere we could sit to continue this conversation, I'd be grateful." "There are plenty of cool corners in the physic garden." Branca indicated the gravelled path.
Aremil began making his way cautiously along the potentially treacherous surface. "What are these splendid buildings?" "That's the new Apothecaries' Hall." Branca waved to the right. "Naturally, the School of Physicians wasn't going to be outdone by mere poultice-makers, so they've been rebuilding. Thankfully everyone s...aw sense and left the gardens untouched." At the far end of the path, Aremil saw a wrought-iron fence protecting an expanse of trees and plants, some flowering, some merely leafy. People were walking to and fro, some dawdling at their ease in twos and threes, others striding with single-minded purpose.
"I've never been here." As far as Aremil was concerned, doctors and apothecaries came to his door. Only paupers risked the attentions of their half-trained pupils at the university's back doors.
"You're not denying that you have a secret," Branca observed.MoreLess
Aremil began making his way cautiously along the potentially treacherous surface. "What are these splendid buildings?" "That's the new Apothecaries' Hall." Branca waved to the right. "Naturally, the School of Physicians wasn't going to be outdone by mere poultice-makers, so they've been rebuilding. Thankfully everyone s...aw sense and left the gardens untouched." At the far end of the path, Aremil saw a wrought-iron fence protecting an expanse of trees and plants, some flowering, some merely leafy. People were walking to and fro, some dawdling at their ease in twos and threes, others striding with single-minded purpose.
"I've never been here." As far as Aremil was concerned, doctors and apothecaries came to his door. Only paupers risked the attentions of their half-trained pupils at the university's back doors.
"You're not denying that you have a secret," Branca observed.MoreLess
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