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He was wont to say Castis sunt omnia casta, "To the pure all things are pure," and whoever blushed had, no doubt, a good reason for blushing, and was therefore corrupt enough already.
So Hor: castis lucis. Penetrali, viz. the sacred vehicle. Dignatur. Deems worthy of her visits. Templo, sc. the sacred grove. Numen ipsum. The goddess herself, not an image of her; for the Germans have no images of their gods, 9. Abluitur, as if contaminated by intercourse with mortals. Perituri, etc. Which can be seen only on penalty of death. XLI. Propior, sc. to the Romans. Hermundurorum.
As she laid it before her on the desk, she seemed about to speak, but her breath failed, and she clutched with her hands at the nearest support. "Look out," exclaimed the inspector. "Don't let her fall." Five or six times, throughout the day and evening, Waymark had knocked at Ida's door. About seven o'clock he had called at the Castis', but found neither of them at home.
"No; but I hear of her." "From your friend?" "Yes, from O'Gree." "Do your other friends still live near you?" Ida asked, speaking quickly, as if to interrupt what Waymark was about to say. "The Castis? Oh yes." "What is Mrs. Casti like?" she said, in a tone which attracted Waymark's attention. "Well," he replied, "it's difficult to describe her.
Harriet, strange to say, had been of late a rather frequent visitor, and was more pressing than formerly in her invitations. Ida dreaded her coming, as it involved the unwarrantable expense of obtaining luxuries now unknown in her cupboard, such as tea and butter. And, on the other hand, it was almost impossible to affect cheerfulness in the company of the Castis.
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