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"He would have made a rare sensation in Lincoln's Inn if she had," said I; and we both laughed heartily at the iinary picture of Tahuti Jellicoe, slender-beaked and top-hatted, going about his business in Lincoln's Inn and the Law Courts

Insensibly, as we talked, we had drawn near to the mummy of Artemidorus, and now rey eyes bent dreamily on the face that looked out at us I watched her with reverent ad she looked as she stood with her sweet, grave face turned so earnestly to the object of her nity and grace! And then, suddenly, it was borne in upon e had corown younger, entle At first she had seeloo distant and cold Now she was only ed, it is true, with a certain seriousness, but frank and gracious and wholly lovable

Could the change be due to our growing friendship? As I asked myself the question, my heart leaped with a new-born hope I yearned to tell her all that she was to ht be to one another in the years to coth I ventured to break in upon her reverie

"What are you thinking about so earnestly, fair lady?"

She turned quickly with a bright s eyes that looked frankly into ," said she, "if he was jealous of my new friend But what a baby I ahed softly and happily with just an adorable hint of shyness

"Why should he be jealous?" I asked

"Well, you see, before--ere friends, he had me all to himself I have never had a man-friend before--except my father--and no really intimate friend at all And I was very lonely in those days, after our troubles had befallen I airl; I am not a philosopher So when I felt very lonely, I used to come here and look at Artemidorus and make believe that he knew all the sadness of my life and sympathised with me It was very silly, I know, but yet, somehoas a real comfort to ood entle, sweet-faced man who had won the love of those who knew hiood of you to sweeten the bitterness of your life with the fragrance of this human love that blossoms in the dust after the lapse of centuries No, you were not silly, and Artemidorus is not jealous of your new friend"