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He advanced folding his arms and with so terrible a look that her heels were immediately nailed, as it were, to the spot. "Going back to Carthage!" He stammered, and, grinding his teeth, repeated: "Going back to Carthage! Ah! you came to take the zaimph, to conquer me, and then disappear! No, no! you belong to me! and no one now shall tear you from here! Oh!
And if they show themselves I will crush them like vipers! I will put her to death, Spendius! Yes," he repeated, "I will kill her! You shall see, I will kill her!" But Spendius, who was listening eagerly, snatched up the zaimph abruptly and threw it into a corner, heaping up fleeces above it. A murmuring of voices was heard, torches gleamed, and Narr' Havas entered, followed by about twenty men.
Courage! exterminate them!" And Narr' Havas was rushing away when Salammbo appeared. She leaped down quickly from her horse. She opened her ample cloak and spreading out her arms displayed the zaimph. The leathern tent, which was raised at the corners, left visible the entire circuit of the mountain with its thronging soldiers, and as it was in the centre Salammbo could be seen on all sides.
He would lie flat on his face, with his nails buried in the soil, and weep; he felt wretched, paltry, forsaken. Never would he possess her, and he was unable even to take a town. At night when alone in his tent he would gaze upon the zaimph. Of what use to him was this thing which belonged to the gods? and doubt crept into the Barbarian's thoughts.
She thought only of the happiness of seeing the zaimph again, and she now blessed Schahabarim for his exhortations. It was the period at which the doves of Carthage migrated to Sicily to the mountain of Eryx and the temple of Venus.
Matho gazed at her, dazzled by the splendours of her head, and, holding out the zaimph towards her, was about to enfold her in an embrace. She was stretching out her arms. Suddenly she stopped, and they stood looking at each other, open-mouthed. Then without understanding the meaning of his solicitation a horror seized upon her. Her delicate eyebrows rose, her lips opened; she trembled.
He called but she did not answer; he quickly tore away a strip of the canvas to let in some light; the zaimph was gone. The earth trembled beneath thronging feet. Shouts, neighings, and clashing of armour rose in the air, and clarion flourishes sounded the charge. It was as though a hurricane were whirling around him. Immoderate frenzy made him leap upon his arms, and he dashed outside.
Gisco was sending them back, but I prevented the interpreters speaking. Ah! how their tongues hung out of their mouths! do you remember? I brought you into Carthage; I stole the zaimph. I led you to her. I will do more yet: you shall see!" He burst out laughing like a madman. Matho regarded him with gaping eyes.
He accused her of being the cause of the war. Matho, according to him, was besieging Carthage to recover the zaimph; and he poured out imprecations and sarcasms upon this Barbarian who pretended to the possession of holy things. Yet it was not this that the priest wished to say. But just now Salammbo felt no terror of him. The anguish which she used formerly to suffer had left her.
"One morning in the month of Tammouz!" "It was the thief who stole the zaimph!" "A very handsome man!" "Taller than you!"
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