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The powerful and profound mind of the Egyptian yet claimed an empire over his young imagination; excited him with vague conjecture, and kept him alternately vibrating between hope and fear. Meanwhile Arbaces pursued his slow and stately way to the house of Ione.
Arbaces! and at this hour! Accept this cup. 'Nay, gentle Sallust; it is on business, not pleasure, that I venture to disturb thee. How doth thy charge? they say in the town that he has recovered sense.
"Ho! guards remove Arbaces guard Calenus! Sallust, we hold you responsible for your accusation. Let the sports be resumed." "What!" cried Calenus, turning round to the people, "shall Isis be thus contemned? Shall the blood of Apæcides yet cry for vengeance? Shall justice be delayed now, that it may be frustrated hereafter? Shall the lion be cheated of his lawful prey? A god! a god!
If thou wouldst have me silent, thou must pay something in advance, as an offer to Harpocrates. If the rose, sweet emblem of discretion, is to take root firmly, water her this night with a stream of gold. 'Witty and poetical! answered Arbaces, still in that bland voice which lulled and encouraged, when it ought to have alarmed and checked, his griping comrade. 'Wilt thou not wait the morrow?
The countenance of Arbaces seemed to lose all its rigid calm while the aruspices inspected the entrails, and to be intent in pious anxiety to rejoice and brighten as the signs were declared favorable, and the fire began bright and clearly to consume the sacred portion of the victim amidst odorous of myrrh and frankincense.
Grasping the treasures no longer destined for their lord, the slaves of Arbaces joined the throng. One only of all their torches yet flickered on. It was borne by Sosia; and its light falling on the face of Nydia, he recognized the Thessalian. 'What avails thy liberty now, blind girl? said the slave. 'Who art thou? canst thou tell me of Glaucus? 'Ay; I saw him but a few minutes since.
'Some little lore have I indeed, treasured up, replied Arbaces: 'but in what can such serious and sterile secrets benefit the ear of beauty? 'Alas! said Julia, a little cheered by the accustomed accents of adulation; 'does not sorrow fly to wisdom for relief, and they who love unrequitedly, are not they the chosen victims of grief?
'Is he, too, an impostor? Does this man, so plain and simple in life, in garb, in mien does he too, like Arbaces, make austerity the robe of the sensualist? Does the veil of Vesta hide the vices of the prostitute?
'Thou hast said it! replied Arbaces; and Julia, half frightened at this unhallowed appointment, but urged on by jealousy and the pique of rivalship, even more than love, resolved to fulfill it. Left alone, Arbaces burst forth: 'Bright stars that never lie, ye already begin the execution of your promises success in love, and victory over foes, for the rest of my smooth existence.
Release the Athenian he is innocent!" "It is for this, then, that the lion spared him, A miracle! a miracle!" cried Pansa. "A miracle! a miracle!" shouted the people; "remove the Athenian Arbaces to the lion." And that shout echoed from hill to vale from coast to sea Arbaces to the lion. "Officers, remove the accused Glaucus remove, but guard him yet," said the prætor.
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