The Charwoman's Shadow

by Lord Dunsany

The Lord of the Tower and Rocky Forest, Gonsalvo, only wants the best for his children, but the dire state of his coffers means that a dowry for his daughter Mirandola’s hoped-for wedding is but a dream. He does however have a plan: his father, whose great love was boar hunting, had been promised a favor from a magician to whom he’d taught his skill. If his son, Ramon Alonzo, could find him again after all these years, perhaps he could be tutored in the arts of alchemy and the transmutation of b...