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"Because," said Zara, joining in the conversation for the first time, "he has most likely desired what he is not fated to obtain"

The Prince bit his lips, and gave a forced laugh

"I know, uments," he observed, with soests, I am a bad philosopher I do not pretend to more than the ordinary attributes of an ordinary man; it is fortunate, if I may be permitted to say so, that the rest of the word's inhabitants are very like hts of science and knowledge that you and your brother have attained---"

"The course of human destiny would run out, and Paradise would be an established fact," laughed Heliobas "Come, Ivan! You are a true Epicurean Have some more wine, and a truce to discussions for the present" And, beckoning to one of the servants, he ordered the Prince's glass to be refilled

Dessert was now served, and luscious fruits in profusion, including peaches, bananas, plantains, green figs, rapes, were offered for our choice As Isoft rubbing itself gently againstdown, I saw the noble head and dark intelligent eyes of ave an exclaed, stood up and laid a caressing paw onto me "He went to see Raffaello while you were at Cannes He is a wonderful aniold"

Prince Ivan, whose transient moodiness had passed away like a bad devil exorcised by the power of good wine, joined heartily in the praise bestowed on this four-footed friend of the fah Leo," he said, "that you were induced to follow out your experiments in human electricity, Casimir, was it not?"

"Yes," replied Heliobas, calling the dog, ent to him immediately to be fondled "I should never have been ed in my researches, had he not been at hand I feared to experi at the time--and wo and ready to be a victi triu the silky coat of the animal, who responded with a short low bark of satisfaction