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'Go, then, to her: if thou art disappointed in her kindness if I have deceived thee, return when thou wilt. I do not give thee to another; I but lend. My home ever be thy refuge, sweet one. Ah! would it could shelter all the friendless and distressed! But if my heart whispers truly, I shall claim thee again soon, my child. My home and Ione's will become the same, and thou shalt dwell with both.
At the end of that song Ione's cheek blushed more deeply than before, and Glaucus had contrived, under cover of the table, to steal her hand. 'It is a pretty song, said Fulvius, patronizingly. 'Ah! if you would oblige us! murmured the wife of Pansa.
After having discharged his commission with respect to Ione's attendants, he sought the worthy Sosia. He found him not in the little cell which was apportioned for his cubiculum; he called his name aloud, and from Nydia's chamber, close at hand, he heard the voice of Sosia reply: 'Oh, Callias, is it you that I hear? the gods be praised! Open the door, I pray you!
He knew not of their evening excursions on the placid sea, of their nightly meetings at Ione's dwelling, till these had become regular happenings in their daily lives. But one day he surprised them together, and his eyes were suddenly opened.
'Thou wert to tell me, said Glaucus, 'why for so many days thy door was closed to me? 'Oh, think of it no more! answered Ione, quickly; 'I gave my ear to what I now know was the malice of slander. 'And my slanderer was the Egyptian? Ione's silence assented to the question. 'His motives are sufficiently obvious.
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