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Prince Ivan Petroffsky had left Paris, but his carriage, drawn by two prancing Russian steeds, followed the hearse at a respectful distance, as also the carriage of Dr. Morini, and some other private persons known to Heliobas.
"Even so" returned Heliobas calmly. "What do you suppose our Divine Master was about during the years between His appearance among the Rabbis of the Temple and the commencement of His public preaching? Do you, can you, imagine with the rest of the purblind world, that he would have left His marvellous Gospel in the charge of a few fishermen and common folk ONLY"
He pressed it hard, and calling to the coachman, "36, Avenue du Midi," stood on the pavement bareheaded, looking singularly pale and grave in the starlight, as the carriage rolled swiftly away, and the door of the Hotel Mars closed. Within a very short time I became a temporary resident in the house of Heliobas, and felt myself to be perfectly at home there.
Everard then wanted me to remain with her for the rest of the afternoon; but an instinctive feeling came upon me, that soon perhaps I should have to part from Heliobas and Zara, and all the wonders and delights of their household, in order to resume my own working life therefore I determined I would drain my present cup of pleasure to the last drop.
"I suppose I am to understand by this that you will do nothing for me?" he said stiffly. "Why, what CAN I do?" returned Heliobas, smiling a little. "All you want so you say is a brief forgetfulness of your troubles. Well, that is easily obtainable through certain narcotics, if you choose to employ them and take the risk of their injurious action on your bodily system.
I have never met him since our intercourse at Cannes, but I hear of him frequently through Heliobas, who has recently forwarded me a proof engraving of the picture "L'Improvisatrice," for which I sat as model. It is a beautiful work of art, but that it is like ME I am not vain enough to admit.
"Then," I returned, "I will ask them to come. What am I to say about my recovery, which I know is little short of miraculous?" "Say," replied Heliobas, "that you have been cured by electricity. There is nothing surprising in such a statement nowadays.
"Your words are compelling, mademoiselle," he said; "and you have a strange attraction for me. I know I am not wrong in thinking that you are a disciple of Heliobas, whose science I admit, though I doubt his theories. I promise you willingly what you ask nay, I will even offer him my hand if he will accept it." Overjoyed at my success, I answered: "He is in the chapel, but I will fetch him here."
"I tell you what he is," said one, "he's a demi-god!" "Oh, don't halve it!" rejoined the other wittily, "he's the whole thing anyway!" Once outside the hall and in the busy street, now rendered doubly brilliant by the deep saffron light of a gloriously setting sun, Heliobas prepared to take leave of his somewhat silent and preoccupied companion.
"You don't look ill," said the eldest Miss Challoner to me, later on. "I don't see that you want a physician." "Oh, I am getting much better now," I replied; "and I hope soon to be quite well." "Who's your doctor?" I hesitated. Somehow the name of Heliobas would not come to my lips. Fortunately Mrs.
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