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The old priest's presence was a comfort to her; for her earnest wish was to become a Christian from conviction; as soon as they were alone she poured out before them all the accusations she had to bring against the adherents of their Faith: They had triumphed in ruining the creations of Art; the Temple of Isis and the ship-yard lay in ashes, destroyed by Christian incendiaries; their tears were not yet dry when they flowed afresh for the sons of Porphyrius Christians themselves who, unless some happy accident had saved them, must have perished with thousands of innocent sufferers believers and infidels together by the orders of the Emperor whom Constantine had always lauded as a wise sovereign and pious Christian, as the Defender of the Faith, and as a faithful disciple of the Redeemer.
I told her that my father was a great musician who could master the most difficult things at the first hearing." "The most difficult! Hm... that depends," said the old man. "Did she show it you?" "No; it is something in the style of Linus and she sang it to us." "The daughter of the rich Porphyrius sang for your entertainment? Yours?" said Karnis laughing. "By Sirius!
"In my opinion, you were talking very sensibly and even with considerable shrewdness; only I thought you too irritable," observed Zametoff off-handedly. "Do let us have some tea! We are as dry as fishes!" exclaimed Razoumikhin. "Good idea! But perhaps you would like something more substantial before tea, would you?" "Look alive, then!" Porphyrius Petrovitch went out to order tea.
This went on for a few minutes, and then a loud pean in honor of the god rang through the temple with an accompaniment of flutes, cymbals, lutes and trumpets. Karnis had found a place with his wife and son; all three, holding hands, joined enthusiastically in the stirring hymn; and, with them, Porphyrius, who by accident was close to them, swelling the song of the multitude.
I somehow feel that I did not behave very well to you. You remember, I dare say, how we parted; we were both more or less excited. I fear we were wanting in the most common courtesy, and yet we are both of us gentlemen." "What can he be driving at now?" Raskolnikoff asked himself, looking inquiringly at Porphyrius.
Raskolnikoff noticed, or fancied he noticed, that, whilst running round and round the room, he had twice stopped near the door, seeming to listen. "Does he expect something?" he asked himself. "You're perfectly right," resumed Porphyrius cheerily, whilst looking at the young man with a kindliness which immediately awoke the latter's distrust. "Our judicial customs deserve your satire.
Father Karnis, who had made rather too free with the wine-cup, but had been completely sobered by the sudden fury of the storm, had sprung up and hastened past the high-priest to seek his wife and son; he knew they could not be far off, and desired to perish with them. Porphyrius and his next neighbor, Apuleius, the great physician, were among those who had covered their faces.
The populace-heathen and Christian of every sect and degree-filled the aisles, too; but the chain also kept them off the upper end, on to which the room opened in which Porphyrius lay; so that Gorgo's view of the curtain and apse remained unhindered. The psalm rang loudly through the temple-courts above the murmur and grumble of the angry, terrified and expectant mob.
A few days later, Raskolnikoff heard from his friend Razoumikhin that those who had borrowed money from Alena Ivanovna were going to the police office to redeem their pledges. He went with Razoumikhin to the office where they were received by Porphyrius Petrovitch, the examining magistrate, who seemed to have expected them. "You have been expecting this visit?
"The steward spoke of Porphyrius as the son of Philippus," Orpheus said. "And Philippus was a corn merchant, too," added Karnis. "Demeter was figurative of a blessing on the harvest, for it was from that the house derived its wealth, and Pallas Athene was patroness of the learning that was encouraged by its owners. When I was a student here every wealthy man belonged to some school of philosophy.
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