Kazanlak

The Doctor closed his lips suddenly as if he had said something he had not intended to say.“Nonsense. It`s none of my business. One has eyes and brains and one sees things, and comprehends...

“Old witch Rebek,” he said. “She lives two doors away from the Gals.”The Doctor handed her two silver florins.“I am in love with a woman, and I`d like something that would make her love...

“You`ll have to pay the three hundred, you know, whether I amputate your arm or not. It would be wasting money not to have the operation. It only takes five minutes.”“Well, you can prescribe...

“Oh, leave me alone,” he said as though he were tired of so much talk; turned to the wall, and closed his eyes.The Doctor was quite unprepared for such stubbornness. He left the room...

This was absolutely untrue. John Gal had never said a word; never even mentioned the bite unless he was asked, and even then he was extremely curt. He lay on his bed indifferent and...

Kalman Mikszath (1849-1922)Mikszath is all of the few Hungarian writers who is widely known outside his native land. An ardent patriot, he was all his life long a staunch defender of the principles of...

Salvador did not leave his patient, encouraging her with cheering words to bear her pains with fortitude. Pedro, ill at ease, was watching die street, near the horses which were dozing with their heads...

The house was full of gossipers of the neighborhood, who had come in armed with infallible remedies which they were anxious to apply to the sufferer. The friends of the jefe politico, gathered together...

Five minutes afterwards the fugitive was sleeping like a log. The night came on without Salvador`s awakening from the deep slumber into which he had fallen, his bones aching and his nerves being unstrung...

At three o`clock he passed through Atenas and at six in the morning he and his companion arrived at the gates of San Mateo. But now the horses could endure no more. It was...