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Basil remained standing in the same spot, his eyes cast down, till a quick step announced the captain's return. Venantius came close up to him, and spoke in a grave but not unfriendly voice: 'The priest has told me what he saw, but will not say more. I ask you nothing, lord Basil. You will make your defence to the king. 'Be it so. 'My men must rest for an hour, continued Venantius.
A draught given by the physician sent him to sleep, and from the second hour after sunset until nearly noon of to-day he had lain unconscious. What he now learnt from Venantius swept into oblivion all that he had undergone. If it were true that Marcian had travelled in this direction with a lady under his guard, Basil could not doubt for a moment who that lady was.
On arriving at the gate he found himself unexpectedly challenged by armed men, who, though Italians, he at once suspected to be in the Gothic service. A moment's hesitancy in replying to the questions, 'Whence? and 'Whither? sufficed to put him under arrest. He was led to the captain, in whom with relief he recognised Venantius of Nuceria.
Gratefully Basil kissed the old man's hand. They never met again. A week later the bishop was dead. After all, Venantius sat at table with Chorsoman. Fuming, he waited till the next morning, when, if the news could be believed, it became certain that Aurelia and her companion were not at Cumae.
I, of course, take possession of this villa until Aurelia is discovered. And, however important his mission, I cannot allow Basil to depart without some security you will understand that. The barbarous accent with which these sentences were uttered caused Venantius almost as much disgust as the plundering purpose they avowed. 'What security? he asked. Chorsoman named a large sum of money.
'Had I heard that story before, said Venantius, all but laughing with angry surprise, 'Veranilda would now be safe in my castle; for, instead of lingering, I should have come straightway, to rescue her and you. Holy Peter and Paul! You sported here, day after day, knowing that the hounds of Justinian had scent of the maid you carried away?
He caused careful correction of errors which had crept in through careless printing; he printed the psalms and canticles with the Vulgate punctuation, and he revised the lessons and made additions. He established uniformity in texts of Missal and Breviary. It seemed to be exceedingly rash to regard as barbarous the hymns of men like Prudentius, Sedulius, Sidonius, Apollinaris, Venantius, St.
Your Sublimity will see that it is impossible to delay him. Teeth hard set, and eyes aflame, the Hun took a step forward. In the same instant, Venantius laid a hand upon his sword, and, at the gesture, his armed men looked to their weapons. 'Where is this Basil? demanded Chorsoman. 'I will let him know if you wish to speak with him, replied Marcian. 'You shall be spared the trouble.
Tell me, if you can, what has become of the lady Aurelia and of the Gothic maiden who attended upon her. 'Lord Chorsoman, replied Venantius, 'I thought it was you who could have answered that question. The ladies Aurelia and Veranilda have this morning disappeared, and we judged it likely that they had been enticed from the villa to be captured and borne to Cumae. 'Who should have done that?
The treasure at his command, a considerable sum, he had brought away in a strong box, and it was now more than doubled in value by what fell to him under the will of Maximus money to be paid out of the great coffer which the senator had conveyed hither. As they talked, Marcian urged upon him a close friendship with Venantius, in whose castle he would be welcomed.
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