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Whether Calpurnius is throughout that, which he seems to be, and whether he is worthy the love of a being like Fausta, I know not yet, though I am strong in faith that it is so. In the mean time, a mutual affection is springing up and growing upon the thin soil of the fancy, and may reach a quick and rank luxuriance before it shall be discovered that there is nothing more substantial beneath.
Fausta and Flavia and little Teresa said the same, but it hurt them less, and they did not cry. And then little Teresa spoke up, she was always as wise as a little angel: "Mamma," says she, "the baby must have her supper, mustn't she?" "Poverina! what would you have?" says La Mamma. "Yes, the poor baby must have her supper, indeed.
'I do not despair, continued Gracchus, 'of the Romans themselves doing something toward the restoration of that which they have wantonly and foolishly destroyed. 'But they cannot give life to the dead, and therefore it is but little that they can do at best, said Fausta.
When at such hours Julia or Fausta is my companion, I need not say in how great degree the pleasure is heightened, nor what hues of a more rosy tint wrap all the objects of the scene. Fountains here, as every where in the Eastern world, are frequent, and of such size as to exert a sensible influence upon the heated atmosphere.
So in truth was it with us all especially, when at the urgency of the rest, I related to them the interviews I had had with Longinus, and described to them his behavior in the prison and at the execution. 'I think, said Fausta, 'that Aurelian, in the death of Longinus, has injured his fame far more than by the capture of Zenobia and the reduction of Palmyra he has added to it.
Now ask no more counsel of Fausta, but digest what the oracle has given out, and which now for the night is silent, In this sportive mood we separated. At the appointed hour on the following day, the expected messenger appeared, and announcing the Queen's pleasure that I should attend her at the palace, conducted me there with as much of state as if I had been Aurelian's ambassador.
Fausta, who had been sitting with the Queen, now came forward, Julia leaning on her arm, and said, 'And what do you imagine to be the affair of consequence that has deprived us of Piso's company? 'I cannot tell, indeed, replied Zenobia. 'Julia at least, said Fausta, 'will applaud him, when she hears that he has just come from an assembly of Christians.
'But let us now think of nothing else, said Fausta, 'than that before another day is ended, we shall get intelligence of Isaac. Have you, Lucius, inquired, since your return, of Demetrius? 'Milo is now absent on that very errand, I replied, 'and here he is, giving no signs of success.
For I suppose life is to be measured, not by hours, but sensations. Are you ready for the morning start? O, that Solon were here! what exquisite mirth should we have! Milo is something; but Solon were more. 'Fausta, Fausta, cried Gracchus, 'when will you be a woman? 'Never, I trust, replied Fausta; 'if I may then neither laugh, nor cry, nor vex a Roman, nor fight for our Queen.
And thousands upon thousands have we seen driven over the walls, or hurled from the battlements of the lofty towers to perish, dashed upon the rocks below. Fausta cannot endure these sights of horror, but retires and hides herself in her apartments.
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