“My old studies in alchemy,” observed he, “and my sojourn, for above a year past, among a people well versed in the kindly properties of simples, have made a better physician of me than many that claim the medical degree. Here, woman! The child is yours—she is none of mine—neither will she recognize my voice or aspect as a father’s. Administer this draught, therefore, with thine own hand.” This excerpt is an example of ethos because . the character explains why the woman should trust him the character has studied alchemy extensively the character gives a firm instruction the character is unknown to the child