Hume Nisbet

The Swampers Hume Nisbet

PROFESSOR MORTIKALI sat in his inner sanctum waiting for customers. It was a hot day, during the early portion of the month of March, 1896, and although the Professor had all his blinds drawn down, and occupied the coolest corner of the Arcade, still he could not shut out those intense waves of Sydney heat that swept in, between the crevices of the doors and windows, although he managed to shut out a good deal of the intense light.