United States or New Caledonia ? Vote for the TOP Country of the Week !
But that very night, in a house at Pompeii, whither she had come from Naples during his absence, Glaucus came face to face once more with the beautiful lone, the object of his dreams. And no longer was he able to say, "I do not love." II. Arbaces, the Egyptian Amongst the wealthy dwellers in Pompeii was one who lived apart, and was at once an object of suspicion and fear.
A pretty salute I should prepare for these shoulders were I to admit such things as thou! Go home! The door closed, and Nydia, with a deep sigh, laid herself down once more on the cold stones; and, wrapping her cloak round her face, resumed her weary vigil. Meanwhile Arbaces had already gained the triclinium, where Sallust, with his favorite freedman, sat late at supper. 'What!
Over the crushing vines over the desolate streets over the Amphitheatre itself far and wide with many a mighty splash in the agitated sea fell that awful shower! No longer thought the crowd of justice or of Arbaces; safety for themselves was their sole thought. Each turned to fly each dashing, pressing, crushing, against the other.
My first accuser is the noble Sallust the most intimate friend of Glaucus! My second is a priest: I revere his garb and calling but, people of Pompeii! ye know somewhat of the character of Calenus he is griping and gold-thirsty to a proverb; the witness of such men is to be bought! Prætor, I am innocent!" "Sallust," said the magistrate, "where found you Calenus?" "In the dungeons of Arbaces."
'Oh pardon! pardon! dread master, said she, falteringly, 'but this I dare not. The law in these cities is sharp and vigilant; they will seize, they will slay me. 'For what purpose, then, thy herbs and thy potions, vain Saga? said Arbaces, sneeringly. The witch hid her loathsome face with her hands.
He kept his promise; but the entire philtre given to Julia was one which went direct to the brain, and the effects of which for neither Arbaces nor his creature, the witch, wished to place themselves within the power of the law were such as caused those who witnessed them to attribute them to some supernatural agency.
As he thus soliloquised, he crossed through the open court into the peristyle, where a few lamps here and there broke upon the empire of the starlit night; and issuing from one of the chambers that bordered the colonnade, suddenly encountered Arbaces. 'Ho! Calenus seekest thou me? said the Egyptian; and there was a little embarrassment in his voice.
A female, evidently of rank from her dress, and that of the single slave who attended her, waited below and sought an audience with Arbaces. 'A female! his heart beat quick. 'Is she young? 'Her face is concealed by her veil; but her form is slight, yet round, as that of youth. 'Admit her, said the Egyptian: for a moment his vain heart dreamed the stranger might be Ione.
When Metastasio's "Artaserse" was given at Rome with the music of Bertoni, Pacchierotti performed the part of Arbaces. In one place a touching song is followed by a short instrumental symphony. When Pacchierotti had finished the air, he turned to the orchestra, which remained silent, saying, "What are you about?"
She, too, lifted up her eyes; and when she saw who was the intruder, shut them with an expression of pain, but did not stir. 'Ah! said Arbaces in a low and earnest tone as he respectfully, nay, humbly, advanced and seated himself at a little distance from the table 'Ah! that my death could remove thy hatred, then would I gladly die!
Word Of The Day