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Forget that thou hast served me; forget where Miriam, Peter, and Glaucus dwell; forget also this house, and all Christians. Thou wilt come every month to my house, where Demas, my freedman, will pay thee two pieces of gold. But shouldst thou spy further after Christians, I will have thee flogged, or delivered into the hands of the prefect of the city." Chilo bowed down, and said, "I will forget."
With these words he turned his back upon her and went to the dark portion of the tent, while Miriam remained standing by the fire, whose flickering light illumined her beautiful, pallid face. With clenched teeth and hands pressed on her heaving bosom, she stood gazing at the spot where he had disappeared.
An' I do think these air good enough." "Good enough!" we repeated. "They're fit for a queen." "An' a queen is goin' ter wear 'em," said Gloriana proudly "a queen o' beauty." We stared blankly at each other. Had Cupid robbed his victim of her wits? "They air fer Miss Miriam Standish, who was queen o' beauty at the San Lorenzy carnival. Miss Standish is the granddaughter of Doctor Standish.
"I think you must have forgot the sugar, mother, or else the tea is viler than usual. Why don't you let Jane cut the bread and butter instead of lazing in the kitchen?" "Jane has been washing all day in the scullery," said Mrs. Hyams apologetically. "H'm!" snapped Miriam, her pretty face looking peevish and careworn.
Virginia Gaines and Elfreda sat in the first row, and as the play proceeded Virginia watched the skilful tactics of Miriam and Grace with anything but enthusiasm. Elfreda, narrowly watching her companion, read apprehension in Virginia's face, although she made light of the playing of the freshmen team and predicted an easy victory for the sophomores.
That sense of resilient relief which a man feels on discharging an impossible task, or throwing off too heavy a burden, came over me. Miriam was rescued, the priest restored, and I dowered with God's best gift the love of a noble, fair woman. Hard duty's compulsion no longer spurred me; but my thoughts still drove in a wild whirl.
T t never passed home without crying out to me, "Ces jolis yeux bleus!" and if the parlor were brightly lighted so that all from the street might see us, and be invisible to us themselves, I always nodded my head to the outer darkness and laughed, no matter who was present, though it sometimes created remark. You see, I knew the joke. Coming from a party escorted by Mr. B r, Miriam by Mr.
Reaching the age when the marriage contract should have been fulfilled, Miriam had utterly repudiated it. Some time afterwards had occurred that terrible event to which Miriam had alluded when she revealed her name; an event, the frightful and mysterious circumstances of which will recur to many minds, but of which few or none can have found for themselves a satisfactory explanation.
"If you please, Sir, since it must be, it does not matter a day sooner or later," repeated aunt Miriam "if she can be got away I don't know whether it will be possible." Mr. Carleton had his own private opinion on that point. He merely promised to be there again in a few hours, and took his leave. He came, with his mother, about five o'clock in the afternoon.
Poor Biddy was immensely struck; she grew flushed and absorbed in proportion as Miriam, at her best moments, became pale and fatal. It was she who spoke to her first, after it was agreed that they had better not fatigue her any more; she advanced a few steps, happening to be nearest she murmured: "Oh thank you so much. I never saw anything so beautiful, so grand."
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