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Alfred and Molly were now very much in the camp of the ancients although they liked to think of themselves as young at heart. Although they were both frail ninetysomethings, they refused to let ill health or the occasional mishap deter them from enjoying life to the full. They were on the ball, alert and …
For the alchemist Nicholas Flamel it was liquid gold, aab-i-Hayat, or water of life, according to the Persians, Amrit Ras, juice of Soma, for the Hindus and uisce beathe, or whiskey breath for the Celts and for the Chinese: 酏 Yǐ. They said it was a miracle. The emperor awoke from a bad dream and …