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"They came to the place of execution, but before the final stroke they were cruelly tortured. Charmides bore his sufferings in silence, but in her extremest agony the face of Demariste was lighted with rapture. "'Look, look, my beloved, there, there! trying to lift her mangled arm, 'Christ the Lord! One moment more and we are for ever with Him.
If he were to enrol himself as a convert his conversion would be due not to an irresistible impulse, but to a theory, to a calculation, one might almost say, that such and such was the proper course to take. He went again to the meeting, and he went again and again. One night, as he came home, he walked as he had walked before, with Demariste.
"Demariste stood straight upright as she spoke, and the light in her transfigured her countenance as the sun penetrating a grey mass of vapour informs it with such an intensity of brightness that the eye can scarcely endure it. It was a totally new experience to Charmides, an entire novelty in Rome.
"Charmides could just raise his head, and saw nothing but Demariste. He was able to turn himself towards her and move her hand to his lips, the second, only the second and the last kiss. "So they died. Charmides was never considered a martyr by the Church. The circumstances were doubtful, and it was not altogether clear that he deserved the celestial crown."
"'You, said he, 'an artist and philosopher if it be true that you are a pervert, you deserve a heavier punishment than the scum whom we have hitherto convicted. "'For Christ and His Cross! cried Charmides. "'Take him away! "The next day Charmides and Demariste met outside the prison gates. They were chained together in mockery, the seducer, Demariste, and the seduced, Charmides.
"It was all pure Hebrew to him, save the phrase 'Son of God, which sounded intelligible. "'You are Greek, he said, for he recognised her accent although she spoke Latin. "'Yes, from Corinth: my name is Demariste; and she explained to him that, although she was a slave, she was partly employed in teaching Greek to the children of her mistress.
As regards his parentage, both Timodemus his father, and his mother Demariste, were of high rank in the city; and as for himself, he was noted for his love of his country, and his gentleness of temper, except in his extreme hatred to tyrants and wicked men.
He caught her hand, but she drew back. "''Tis but for a day or two, she said; 'a week will see the end. "'A week! he cried! 'Oh, my Demariste, rather a week with thee than an age with anything less than thee! "'You will have to die too. Dare you die? The spirit may be willing, but the flesh may be weak. "'Death? Yes, death, if only I am yours!
She was going as far as his door for the manuscript which he had now copied for his own use. As they went along a man met them who raised a lantern, and directed it full in their faces. "'The light of death, said Demariste. "'Who is he? "'I know him well; he is a spy. I have often seen him at the door of our assembly. "'Do you fear death? "'I? Has not Christ died?
He was of a good family, both his father Timodemus, and his mother Demariste being of rank in the city. He was a lover of his country, and of a mild temper, except only that he had a violent hatred for despotism and all that is base. His nature was so happily constituted, that in his campaigns he showed much judgment when young, and no less daring when old.
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