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I had thought of returning to the country estate we call Irenia the abode of peace or to our beloved little palace at Kanopus, to spend the years which may still be allotted to me, and return to everything that made my childhood beautiful.

This must not be, sister; we will guard against it Do not interrupt me. The counsel I advise you to follow has been duly weighed. If you see that the Queen still loves you as in former days, cling to her; but should you learn the contrary, bid her farewell to-morrow. My Irenia is yours " "But she does love me, and even should she no longer " "The test is at hand. We will leave the decision to her.

We shall hear, of course, when you celebrate the wedding, and if I can I shall join you in the Hymenaeus. Lucky fellow that you are! Now I'm summoned from over yonder! May Castor and Pollux, and all the gods favourable to travel, Aphrodite, and all the Loves attend your trip to Irenia, and protect you in the realm of Eros and Hymen!"

I had thought of returning to the country estate we call Irenia the abode of peace or to our beloved little palace at Kanopus, to spend the years which may still be allotted to me, and return to everything that made my childhood beautiful.

With these words the warm-hearted man clasped his friend to his breast for the first time. Dion cordially responded, and at last shook his hard right hand with the exclamation: "Farewell, then, till we meet in Irenia on the wedding day, you dear, faithful fellow." Then he entered the chariot which stood waiting, and Gorgias gazed after him thoughtfully.

This must not be, sister; we will guard against it Do not interrupt me. The counsel I advise you to follow has been duly weighed. If you see that the Queen still loves you as in former days, cling to her; but should you learn the contrary, bid her farewell to-morrow. My Irenia is yours " "But she does love me, and even should she no longer " "The test is at hand. We will leave the decision to her.

In a few hours she will be on the way to Irenia. I am glad for Caesarion's sake, and still more for his mother's, whom we have wronged by forgetting so long for another." "To think that we should be forced to do so!" cried Iras excitedly " now, at this hour, when every drop of blood, every thought of this poor brain should belong to the Queen! Yet it could not be avoided.

"You will be a welcome guest, Barine, but I invited you, whom I have loved from your earliest childhood, the daughter of my dearest friend, not merely to do you a service at Irenia, but to save from grief or even annoyance the person to whom who is not aware of it I owe everything."

"You will be a welcome guest, Barine, but I invited you, whom I have loved from your earliest childhood, the daughter of my dearest friend, not merely to do you a service at Irenia, but to save from grief or even annoyance the person to whom who is not aware of it I owe everything."

With these words the warm-hearted man clasped his friend to his breast for the first time. Dion cordially responded, and at last shook his hard right hand with the exclamation: "Farewell, then, till we meet in Irenia on the wedding day, you dear, faithful fellow." Then he entered the chariot which stood waiting, and Gorgias gazed after him thoughtfully.