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After that the fear of solitude quite passed from him, for he was so busy all day long that at night he had much ado to fight off the demon of sleep, which Saint Arsenius the Abbot has denounced as the chief foe of the solitary.

Till he does that, I shall not forget that I am a free man. 'A free man! said Peter, with an unpleasant smile; 'that remains to be proved, my gay youth; and will need more evidence than that smart philosophic cloak and those well-curled locks which you have adopted since I saw you last. 'Remains to be proved? Arsenius made an imploring gesture to Peter to be silent. 'Nay, sir.

There was also a certain Arsenius, a native of Palestine, who had made himself most necessary to the Empress, and, in consequence of her favour and the great wealth he had amassed, had attained the rank of a senator, although he was a man of most abandoned character. He belonged to the Samaritan sect, but, in order to preserve his authority, he assumed the name of Christian.

But the arguments of Cosmas were wholly unsuccessful; and Zeno then sent an increase of force to Arsenius, the military prefect, who settled the quarrel for the time by sending back the most rebellious of the Alexandrians as prisoners to Constantinople. Soon after this dispute Peter Mongus died, and fortunately he was succeeded in the bishopric by a peacemaker.

'The little fellow forgets, said Arsenius, with a smile, 'to how much he has confessed already, and how easy it were now to trace him to the old hag's lair.... Philammon, my son.... I have many tears to weep over thee but they must wait a while, I have thee safe now, and the old man clutched his arm. 'Thou wilt not leave thy poor old father? Thou wilt not desert me for the heathen woman?

This Arsenius, thinking to gratify the Emperor, set out with Paul to Alexandria to assist him generally, and, above all, to do his utmost to aid him in securing the favour of the inhabitants; for, during the time of his exclusion from the palace, he affirmed that he had made himself thoroughly acquainted with all the doctrines of Christianity.

'Heaven forbid! said Arsenius. 'We must wait at least till Miriam's answer comes. 'I can show you her house at least in the meanwhile; and you can go in yourself when you will. I do not ask to enter. Come! I feel certain that my finding her is in some way bound up with Pelagia. Had I not met her on the Nile, had you not met her in the street, I might never have heard that I had a sister.

'No! thought the youth, 'am I not a free man, and a philosopher? and facing round, he awaited the enemy. 'Ah, young apostate! So you have found him, reverend and ill-used sir. Praised be Heaven for this rapid success! 'My good friend, asked Arsenius, in a trembling voice, 'what brings you here?

Perhaps those who maintain that that severed hand is the hand of Arsenius can show us where it was affixed." There was a moment of general confusion, during which the Meletian who had so graphically told the story of Arsenius' murder concluded that prudence was the better part of valor and hastily disappeared from the assembly. But the Arians were never at a loss.

'I always feared that woman above all the schools of the heathen, said Arsenius. 'But the Count Heraclian, whom I always held for the wisest as well as the most righteous of men! Alas! alas! what virtue will withstand, when ambition enters the heart!