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Glaucus muttered a rapid counterspell to the omen and the slave turned as pale as the cheek of the witch herself. 'Why dost thou laugh, old crone? said Glaucus, somewhat sternly, as he concluded his invocation. 'Did I laugh? said the hag, absently. 'She is in her dotage, whispered Glaucus: as he said this, he caught the eye of the hag fixed upon him with a malignant and vivid glare.

"This will not do " began the General, but fancying that he heard footsteps in the garden, he broke off to fling open the window. "Helene!" he shouted. His voice was lost in the darkness like a vain prophecy. The utterance of that name, to which there should never be answer any more, acted like a counterspell; it broke the charm and set him free from the evil enchantment which lay upon him.

The hardy Moor, though steeled against the superstitions of his race, less by the philosophy of the learned than the contempt of the brave, felt an awe gather over him as he glanced, from the giant rocks and lonely valleys, to the unearthly aspect and glittering eyes of the reputed sorcerer; and more than once he muttered such verses of the Koran as were esteemed by his countrymen the counterspell to the machinations of the evil genii.

The hardy Moor, though steeled against the superstitions of his race, less by the philosophy of the learned than the contempt of the brave, felt an awe gather over him as he glanced, from the giant rocks and lonely valleys, to the unearthly aspect and glittering eyes of the reputed sorcerer; and more than once he muttered such verses of the Koran as were esteemed by his countrymen the counterspell to the machinations of the evil genii.