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Updated: May 23, 2025
I shall not be long absent." "Stay!" I whispered hurriedly, "What are you going to do? Surely you know the power of Heliobas. He is supreme here. He could find out anything he chose. He could " Prince Ivan looked at me fixedly. "Will you swear to me that you actually do not know?" "Know what?" I asked, perplexed. He laughed bitterly, sarcastically.
A little beyond them and close to the river-bank, according to the deductions he had received, dwelt the religious recluse for whom he brought the letter of introduction from Heliobas, a letter bearing on its cover a superscription in Latin which translated ran thus: "To the venerable and much esteemed Elzear of Melyana, at the Hermitage, near Hillah. In faith, peace, and good-will. Greeting."
"It means the simplest thing in nature," replied Heliobas quietly, "namely, that your soul and mine are for some reason or other placed on the same circle of electricity. Nothing more nor less. Therefore we must serve each other. Whatever I do for you, you have it in your power to repay me amply for hereafter."
I, in particular, shall be glad, for it is real lonesome when the Colonel is out, and I do hate to go shopping by myself, So take pity upon your affectionate Seated at breakfast, I discussed this letter with Heliobas and Zara, and decided that I would call at the Grand Hotel that morning. "I wish you would come with me, Zara," I said wistfully.
"I have been dreaming!" he said, ... then with a passionate gesture he added, "God! if the dream were true!" He was strongly excited, and Heliobas, slipping one arm round him in a friendly manner, led him back to the chair he had vacated, observing him closely as he did so.
I thoroughly enjoyed her sparkling chatter and her expressive gesticulations, and we all three made ourselves merry till bedtime. Acting on the advice of Heliobas, I retired early to my room, where a warm bath had been prepared in compliance with my orders.
The monk Heliobas heard him with an air of attentive patience, but said nothing; he therefore, after waiting for a reply and receiving none, went on in colder and more even tones: "I dare say my words seem strange to you though they should not do so if, as reported, you have studied all the varying phases of that purely intellectual despair which, in this age of excessive over-culture, crushes men who learn too much and think too deeply.
We are willing to follow my lord to the death if need be, for the sake of the love and honour we bear him." Heliobas looked at him very kindly. "I am richer in friends than I thought myself to be," he said quietly. "Stay then, by all means, Afra, you and your companions, since you have desired it.
"I never thought, I never inquired " began Alwyn hurriedly. "No!" and Heliobas smiled rather sadly, "Few men do think or inquire very far on sacred subjects! Listen, for what I have to say to you will but strengthen you in your faith, and you will need more than all the strength of the Four Evangelists to bear you stiffly up against the suicidal Negation of this present disastrous epoch.
As for Zara " He paused, as if overcome. "Come with me," said Heliobas, taking his arm; "a glass of good wine will invigorate you. It is better to see Zara no more for a time. Let me take charge of you. You, mademoiselle," turning to me, "will be kind enough to tell Zara that the Prince has recovered, and sends her a friendly good-night.
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