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We left Arbaces upon the shores of the noonday sea, after he had parted from Glaucus and his companion. As he approached to the more crowded part of the bay, he paused and gazed upon that animated scene with folded arms, and a bitter smile upon his dark features.
'Arbaces, replied Calenus, losing all the vulgar audacity of his natural character, 'verily thou art a Magician; thou readest the heart as it were a scroll. 'It is my vocation, answered the Egyptian, laughing gently. 'Well, then, forbear; and when all is over, I will make thee rich.
Arbaces shall be obeyed and his ward, Ione? 'Accompanies me. Enough! Is the morning fair? 'Dim and oppressive; it will probably be intensely hot in the forenoon. 'The poor gladiators, and more wretched criminals! Descend, and see that the slaves are marshalled. Left alone, Arbaces stepped into his chamber of study, and thence upon the portico without.
On one part of the landscape, the mountain of Vesuvius descended to the plain in a narrow and uncultivated ridge, broken here and there by jagged crags and copses of wild foliage. At the base of this lay a marshy and unwholesome pool; and the intent gaze of Arbaces caught the outline of some living form moving by the marshes, and stooping ever and anon as if to pluck its rank produce.
If ever I, though a Roman bred and born, come to be tried, pray Jupiter there may be either no beasts in the vivaria, or plenty of criminals in the gaol. 'And pray, said one of the party, 'what has become of the poor girl whom Glaucus was to have married? A widow without being a bride that is hard! 'Oh, returned Clodius, 'she is safe under the protection of her guardian, Arbaces.
Reproach not thyself what must be, must: meanwhile, I seek the criminal he may yet be saved. Away! Thus saying, Arbaces extricated himself from the clasp of the despairing Thessalian, and knocked loudly at the door. In a few moments the heavy bars were heard suddenly to yield, and the porter, half opening the door, demanded who was there.
No state falls from freedom from knowledge, while your sex smile only on the free, and by appreciating, encourage the wise. Arbaces was silent, for it was neither his part to sanction the sentiment of Glaucus, nor to condemn that of Ione, and, after a short and embarrassed conversation, Glaucus took his leave of Ione.
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! Praetor, I am innocent! 'Sallust, said the magistrate, 'where found you Calenus? 'In the dungeons of Arbaces.
"The blind girl Nydia," answered Sallust; "it is her hand that has raised Calenus from the grave, and delivered Glaucus from the lion." "Of this hereafter," said the prætor. "Calenus, priest of Isis, thou accusest Arbaces of the murder of Apæcides?" "I do!" "Thou didst behold the deed?" "Prætor with these eyes " "Enough at present the details must be reserved for more suiting time and place.
'I mean, what you would leave me if I played often with you; and that is nothing. Clodius answered only by a smile of disdain. 'If Arbaces were not so rich, said Pansa, with a stately air, 'I should stretch my authority a little, and inquire into the truth of the report which calls him an astrologer and a sorcerer. Agrippa, when aedile of Rome, banished all such terrible citizens.
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