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He pledged them and then rose

"Those," said he, "who have appreciated this wine, I now invite to dine with ain, and if you still find it to your liking, you will be heartily welcoht, friends"

A thunder of applause followed hirey, when the carousing-party broke up; few of the guests could find their way unassisted through the courtyard; most of them had already been carried away by the slaves, who had waited for theoods--and had been borne home in their litters; but for those who remained to the end, couches were prepared in the House of Seti, for a terrific stor and refilling the beakers, which raised their spirits to so wild a pitch, the prisoner Pentaur had been exaer had found the poet on his knees, so absorbed in meditation that he did not perceive his approach All his peace of mind had deserted him, his soul was in a tu any calm and clear control over the new life-pulses which were throbbing in his heart

He had hitherto never gone to rest at night without requiring of himself an account of the past day, and he had always been able to detect thein his actions But to-night he looked back on a perplexing confusion of ideas and events, and when he endeavored to sort thee of Bent-Anat, which enthralled his heart and intellect

He had raised his hand against his fellow-men, and dipped it in blood, he desired to convince himself of his sin, and to repent but he could not; for each time he recalled it, to blame and condemn himself, he saw the soldier's hand twisted in Uarda's hair, and the princess's eyes bea with approbation, nay with adhtly, and in the saain to-h all the conditions hich fate had surrounded his existence, and it see the still, narrow, but peaceful life of the past

His soul went up in prayer to the Alhty One, and to the spirit of the sweet hu for peace of er he re up his ars, the less he felt able to repent or to recognize his guilt Ameni's order to appear before hier prepared for a severe punishment; but not afraid--almost joyful