The Dolliver Romance and Other Pieces Section III - Another Fragment of the Dolliver Romance

In which an aged apothecary, after much soul-searching and cautious experiment, imbibes a mysterious cordial of his own making that seems to breathe new vigour into his declining years, much to the curious wonder of his lively granddaughter, Pansie. Yet the arrival of a stern and wrathful colonel, claiming a dark hereditary right to the potion, stirs a grim confrontation that reveals the unsettling potency and tragic consequence of the elixir’s power.