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Alexander went on, allowing him to read, and then, when the letter was finished he took the signet ring from his finger and pressed it upon Hephæstion's lips, a signal for silence and secrecy. Alexander was very kind to Sysigambis, the mother of Darius, and also to Darius's children.
But Darius's tent, which was full of splendid furniture, and quantities of gold and silver, they reserved for Alexander himself, who after he had put off his arms, went to bathe himself, saying, "Let us now cleanse ourselves from the toils of war in the bath of Darius."
"Ye know him as I mean?" "Yes," said Edwin, "The stout man. The Cocknage Gardens man." "That's him. Well ye'll tell him I've been called away. Tell him who ye are. Not but what he'll know. Tell him I think it might be better" Darius's thick finger ran along a line of print "if we put `widow of the late Simon Loggerheads Esquire, instead of `Esq. See? Otherwise it's all right.
At the right hand of the throne stood Hystaspes, Darius's grey-haired father, Gobryas, his future father-in-law, the aged Intaphernes, the grandfather of that Phaedime whose place in the king's favor had been given to Nitetis, Oropastes the high-priest, Croesus, and behind them Boges, the chief of the eunuchs.
Anxiety of Datis. Datis finds a stolen statue. Island of Delos. Account of the sacred island. Its present condition. Disposition of the army. Darius's reception of Datis. Subsequent history of Miltiades. His great popularity. Miltiades's influence at Athens. His ambitious designs. Island and city of Paros. Appearance of the modern town. Miltiades's proposition to the Athenians. They accept it.
Darius's own station was in the centre. This was composed of the Indians, the Carians, the Mardian archers, and the division of Persians who were distinguished by the golden apples that formed knobs of their spears. Here also were stationed the body-guard of the Persian nobility.
Jennings, mad as Darius's horse at the sight of the object he so longed for, once thought of rushing from his hiding-place, taking the hoard by a coup de main, and running off straightway to America: but deary me that'll never do; I mustn't leave my own strong-box behind me, say nothing of hat and shoes: and if I stop for any thing, she'd raise the house.
The marks of his wounds and mutilations could never be effaced, but Darius often said that he would gladly give up twenty Babylons to be able to efface them. Darius's authority fully established throughout his dominions. The Scythians. Ancient account of them. Pictures of savage life. Their diversity. Social instincts of man. Their universality. Moral sentiments of mankind. Religious depravity.
He imagined that the king, in giving him this permission, wished to ascertain, by observing whether he would really take with him all his possessions, the existence of any secret determination in his mind not to come back to Susa. If this were Darius's plan, it was defeated by the sagacious vigilance and cunning of the physician.
And he was awakened from a doze by a formidable stir on the bed. Darius's breathing was quick and shallow, and growing more so. He lifted his head from the pillow in order to breathe, and leaned on one elbow. Edwin sprang up and went to him. "Clara! Clara! Don't leave me!" the old man cried in tones of agonised apprehension. "It's all right; I'm here," said Edwin reassuringly.
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