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And calling her slaves to her she entered her litter, and drew its curtains closely round her so that she should no longer be offended by his sight. "The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God." And late that day when Dea Flavia was preparing for rest she dismissed her tire-women, keeping only her young slaves around her, and then ordered Licinia to attend on her this night.
Do not leave me alone long. Oh! I cannot breathe! My beloved!" Gwynplaine pressed his mouth to her beautiful icy hands. For a moment it seemed as if she had ceased to breathe. Then her voice rang out clearly. "Light!" she cried. "I can see!" With that Dea fell back stiff and motionless on the mattress. "Dead!" said Ursus.
Chew, of Lewiston, N. Y. Mr. Win. Printup, of Lewiston, N.Y. Mr. Joseph Henry, of Grand River, Ont. Mr. George Beaver, of Grand River, Ont. Mr. Wm. Nephew, of Cattaraugus, N. Y. Mr. Wm. Printup made the congratulatory speech of the meeting through an intrepreter, Joseph Henry. The speakers of the first session were as follows, to-wit: Mr. Levi Jonathan, of Grand River, Ont., on Temperance. Dea.
Suddenly, in this trouble of innocence in distress, prompt to accuse the unknown, in her dread of a possible fall, Dea, serene notwithstanding, and superior to the vague agonies of peril, but inwardly shuddering at her isolation, found confidence and support. She had seized her thread of safety in the universe of shadows; she put her hand on the powerful head of Gwynplaine.
In the studio, upon the throne-like chair of carved citrus wood and heavy crimson silk, Dea Flavia sat silent and alone. The footsteps of the men quickly died away on the marble floors of the atrium, their harsh voices and loud laughter only reached this secluded spot as a faint, intangible echo.
"Grant me leave to escort thee to thy litter, Augusta!" murmured a timid voice. It was young Hortensius Martius who spoke. He had approached the catasta and now stood timid, and a suppliant, beside Dea Flavia, with his curly head bare to the scorching sun and his back bent in slave-like deference.
"An admirable one," assented Ancyrus, "for we must remember that Dea Flavia Augusta is of the true blood of the Cæsars the blood of the great Augustus and there is none better. Since she, as a woman, cannot rule men or lead an army, what more fitting than that her lord, whoever he might be, should receive the imperium through her hands?"
My father is a great Roman, I'll admit, but, 'twixt you and me, I I'm devilish fond of him, and, strangely enough, I prefer to have him Romanly alive and my purse empty than to possess his money and have him dea Oh damn it! let's talk of something else, Carnaby for instance." "Yes," nodded Barnabas, "your friend, Carnaby."
The Men of Dea said then it was a good thought he had, and that what he said was true. Messages and messengers were sent then from Bodb Dearg to the place Lir was, to say that if he had a mind to join with the Son of the Dagda and to acknowledge his lordship, he would give him a foster-child of his foster-children.
The belief is indeed raised far above the notion of mere 'luck, because there is a distinct belief in gods or a god whom the act offends, But the indiscriminate character of the punishment still survives; not only the mutilator of the Hermae, but all the Athenians not only the violator of the rites of the Bona dea, but all the Romans are liable to the curse engendered; and so all through ancient history.
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