âDonât you see?â said Bob. âHe goes up to a house, rings the area bell, pokes a packet of medicine without a direction into the servantâs hand, and walks off. Servant takes it into the dining-parlour; master opens it, and reads the label: âDraught to be taken at bedtimeâ âpills as beforeâ âlotion as usualâ â the powder. From Sawyerâs, late Nockemorfâs. Physiciansâ prescriptions carefully prepared,â and all the rest of it. Shows it to his wifeâ â she reads the label; it goes down to the servantsâ â they read the label. Next day, boy calls: âVery sorryâ âhis mistakeâ âimmense businessâ âgreat many parcels to deliverâ â Mr. Sawyerâs complimentsâ âlate Nockemorf.â The name gets known, and thatâs the thing, my boy, in the medical way. Bless your heart, old fellow, itâs better than all the advertising in the world. We have got one four-ounce bottle thatâs been to half the houses in Bristol, and hasnât done yet.â
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