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Dada laughed with delight, wiped away her tears, flung her arms round the musician's neck and kissed his brown cheeks, exclaiming: "You are the best of them all! Make haste, and Agne shall come too; she must see something of the city." But Agne preferred to remain on board, so Karnis and Dada set out together.
The philosopher asked us at once whether we were aware that Theodosius had lately promulgated a new edict forbidding young maidens to appear in public as singers or flute-players." "And did Agne hear that?" said the old man in a low voice as he pointed to the curtain.
"She does not know yet what the business is. The lady wants her..." "Well?" "To sing in the Temple of Isis." Karnis colored. He was suddenly called from a lovely dream back to the squalid reality. "In the Temple of Isis," he said gloomily. "Agne? In the face of all the people? And she knows nothing about it?" "Nothing, father." "No?
You know, child, that the Lord has said 'that in his Father's kingdom there are many mansions, and that in which Arius dwells is not mine; but it is in the Father's kingdom nevertheless. It cannot be so much amiss after all that you should cling to the creed of your parents. What is your name?" "Agne." "Agne, or the lamb. A pretty, good name!
Agne had been all this time awaiting Herse's return in the colonnade that ran along the garden-front of the house. She was glad to be alone, and it was very comfortable to rest on the soft cushions under the gilt- coffered ceiling of the arcade.
"It lies so heavily on my soul," replied Agne, raising her eyes and hands in humble supplication. "I love my Saviour, but I cannot always do exactly as I should wish, and I do not know how I ought to act so as not to fall into sin."
Then she lay down; but before she fell asleep she once more spoke to Agne: "Marcus will find us out, I am certain," she said, "and I should really like to know what he has to say to me."
This lady," Orpheus went on he not only played the flute but took the higher parts for a man's voice and could also strike the lyre "desired us to go to her later at her own house, where she would speak with us. She drove off in a fine carriage and we, of course followed her orders; Agne was with us too. A splendid house! I never saw anything handsomer in Rome or Antioch.
"No, no, He is not, indeed!" cried Agne with increasing alarm. "But listen," Olympius went on, with the same kind urgency but with extreme dignity, "and answer my questions simply and honestly. We are agreed, are we not? that we perceive the divinity in the works of his creation, and even in his workings in our own souls.
"You?" she said with bitter melancholy. "Are not you one of the Bishop's priests?" "I am a deacon, and Theophilus is the head of my church; but for that very reason . . ." "No," said Agne sharply, "I will deceive no one. My parents were Arians, and as my beliefs are the same as theirs the Bishop has driven me away as an outcast, finally and without pity." "Indeed," said Eusebius.
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