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Pay for it like a man . It 's worth double its price . Thank you . By to-morrow noon you will b-b-be sending me a testimonial to its value . Do you want to hear some of my testimonials , gentlemen ? '' The crowd shuffled and stood over on its other foot . The doctor , putting an enormous pair of spectacles upon his nose , took up a piece of paper and pretended to read slowly and carefully to avoid stammering : '' ` Dr. Aesculapius . ''