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'Mistresses, said Calenus, as a livid grin distorted his ungainly features. 'Yes, I do not disguise it: woman is the main object, the great appetite, of my soul. As you feed the victim for the slaughter, I love to rear the votaries of my pleasure. I love to train, to ripen their minds to unfold the sweet blossom of their hidden passions, in order to prepare the fruit to my taste.
The cries of Calenus, dulled and choked by the barrier that confined him, yet faintly reached the ear of the Egyptian. He paused and listened intently. 'This is unfortunate, thought he; 'for I cannot sail till that voice is dumb for ever. My stores and treasures lie, not in yon dungeon it is true, but in the opposite wing. My slaves, as they move them, must not hear his voice.
The entire army of Pompeius was assembled; Caesar on the other hand still expected the corps of nearly two legions formerly detached to Aetolia and Thessaly, now stationed under Quintus Fufius Calenus in Greece, and the two legions of Cornificius which were sent after him by the land-route from Italy and had already arrived in Illyria.
And if that is not so, why on a sudden has mention been made of peace by Piso and Calenus of all people in the world, why at this particular moment, why so unexpectedly? Piso declares that he knows nothing, that he has not heard anything. Calenus declares that no news has been brought. And they make that statement now, after they think that we are involved in a pacific embassy.
'The flamen be obeyed, said the centurion. 'How is the murderer? 'Insensible or asleep. 'Were his crimes less, I could pity him. On! Arbaces, as he turned, met the eye of that priest of Isis it was Calenus; and something there was in that glance, so significant and sinister, that the Egyptian muttered to himself: 'Could he have witnessed the deed?
'Could she reveal her true self to the people, Calenus, how incenseless would be these altars! 'That, replied Calenus, 'may possibly be true; but the deity is wise enough to hold commune with none but priests. 'A time may come when she will be unveiled without her own acquiescence. 'It is not likely: she has triumphed for countless ages.
But there was one who, by accident, had become aware of the nature of the spells cast by Arbaces upon his visitors, and who was to be the humble means of saving lone from his toils. This was the blind flower-girl Nydia. Of Thessalian extraction, and gentle nurture, Nydia had been stolen and sold into the slavery of an ex-gladiator named Burbo, a relative of the false priest Calenus.
The blind girl, when vainly endeavouring to escape from the toils of the Egyptian, overheard, in his garden, the conversation of Arbaces and Calenus; and she heard the cries of Calenus from behind the door of the chamber in which he was imprisoned.
The stars shone pale and steadily on the proud face of their prophet, but they betrayed there no change: the eyes of Calenus fell disappointed and abashed. He continued rapidly 'Homicide! it is well to charge him with that crime; but thou, of all men, knowest that he is innocent. 'Explain thyself, said Arbaces, coldly; for he had prepared himself for the hint his secret fears had foretold.
Calenus had been precipitated down several steps, but not feeling at the moment the pain of his fall, he sprung up again to the door, and beating at it fiercely with his clenched fist, he cried aloud in what seemed more a beast's howl than a human voice, so keen was his agony and despair: 'Oh, release me, release me, and I will ask no gold!
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