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"Greek honey," interposed the sorceress, "but strong enough to turn such a poor young head And what more happened? The demons desire to hear all--all--down to the least detail--all!"

"The least detail?" repeated Ledscha reluctantly, gazing into vacancy as if seeking aid Then, pressing her hand on her brow, she indignantly exclaimed: "Ah, if I only knew myself how it conquered ible words, I should need no stranger's counsel to regain my peace of mind But as it is! I was driven by my anxiety from temple to temple, and now to you and your de fever If I left the house firmly resolved to bethink ossip of the people, my feet still led me only where he desired to meet me Oh, and hoell he understood how to flatter, to describe my beauty! Surely it was impossible not to believe in it and trust its power!"

Here she hesitated, and while gazing silently into vacancy a sunny light flitted over her grave face, and, drawing a long breath, she began again: "I could curse those days of weakness and ecstasy which now--at least I hope so--are over Yet they onderfully beautiful, and never can I forget theain bowed her head silently, but the old daerly; "Well, well! I understand all that, and I shall learn what , for whatever appears in the mirror of the wine is infallible--but it must become still reat and the seven hundred and seventy-seven little demons They will do their duty, if you open your heart to us without reserve"

This deainst the old wo: "I can not--no, I can not! As if the spirits who obey you did not know already what had happened and will happen in the future! Let them search the depths of my soul There they will see, with their own eyes, what I should never, never succeed in describing I could not tell even you, grand the Bia words as Here he had at command, when he desired to put an end to ry with him, when he confessed that there were other beauties here whoazed deep into my eyes and said that when I appeared they all vanished like the stars at sunrise? Then every reproach was forgotten, and resent This, however, by no , and so he urged o with hih but for one poor, brief hour"