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He did not face her when he made this speech, and he did not observe

the amusereatness of presence sufficiently to know that his claim to be a

parasite upon so incapable a creature as the false Philadelphus would

awaken doubt in the ent wo his tracks well, and put his

ingenuity to a test

"The boon-craver therefore should not sit like a dog, begging cruer would appear as competition, if I

showed it him, while he is yet unfed Of a truth, I would not have him

know I a

"I thank you," he said gravely "I ca woman, whose name I have not learned--her who eyes darkened suddenly

"Pouf!" she said "I had begun to hope that you had come to see me!"

"I had not John's permission," he objected

"Have you Philadelphus' permission to see her?"

He looked his perplexity

"What," she exclaimed, "has she not laid her claim before you yet?"

The Maccabee shook his head

"Know, then, that this pretty nameless creature claims to be the wife

of this same Philadelphus"

He sat up in his earnestness

"What!" he cried