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He caught Philammon in his trunk and raised him high in air. For an instant the great bellowing ocean of heads spun round and round. He tried to breathe one prayer, and shut his eyes Pelagia's voice rang sweet and clear, even in the shrillness of intense agony 'Spare him! He is my brother! Forgive him, men of Macedonia! For Pelagia's sake Your Pelagia! One boon only this one!
At last the steady tramp of legionaries, and in the midst of the glittering lines of armed men oh, joy! a string of litters! He sprang forward, and called Pelagia's name again and again. Once he fancied he heard an answer: but the soldiers thrust him back. 'She is safe here, young fool, and has seen and been seen quite enough to-day already. Back! 'Let me speak to her! 'That is her business.
Off, sirrah! and thank the lady that you have escaped with a whole skin. And the Amal caught the bridle of Pelagia's mule, and pushed forward, leaving the old man gazing sadly after them.
Philammon told, honestly enough, the story of his Nile journey, and Pelagia's invitation to him. 'You did not surely accept it? 'Heaven forbid that Hypatia's scholar should so degrade himself! Arsenius shook his head sadly. 'You would not have had me go? 'No, boy.
I will know! cried she, petulantly catching at the new object, in order to escape from her own thoughts. In a moment a Goth had led up the weeper, who came without demur to the side of Pelagia's mule. 'Why were you so rude as to burst out crying in my face? asked she petulantly. The old man looked up sadly and tenderly, and answered in a low voice, meant only for her ear
That is my bitterest grief! to see those who have been pretending in the morning lecture-room to worship every word of mine as an oracle, lounging in the afternoon round Pelagia's litter; and then at night for I know that they do it the dice, and the wine, and worse. That Pallas herself should be conquered every day by Venus Pandemos!
Five minutes more, and Wulf was gazing over the broken parapet, at the head of twenty terrified spectators, male and female, whom Pelagia's shriek had summoned. He alone suspected that Philammon had been there; and shuddering at the thought of what might have happened, he kept his secret. But all knew that Pelagia had been on the tower; all had seen the Amal go up thither. Where were they now?
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