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These communications had increased Hermon's anxiety

He was a brave ainst who persuaded his wife to commit an imprudence What troubled hiiven her and innocent little Taus every reason to curse their

The ardent warmth hich Gula blessed hiiven hiuilty of an act of baseness by inducing her to render a service which was by no ood deed

Besides, the slave had represented the possible consequences of his iht, and, with the assurance of knowing the disposition of his fellow-countryed his master to leave Tennis at once; the other Bia rather than the interference of a Greek in their eance on hi his own safety, but he had good reason to fear being regarded as a go-between and called to account for it

But his warnings and entreaties seemed to find deaf ears in Hermon True, he intended to leave Tennis as soon as possible, for what advantage could he now find here? First, however, heof the statues, and then try to appease Ledscha, andoff his pretty wife unjustly

He would not think ofa hasty departure, he told the slave, especially as he was torelative, in whoained a friend, later in Alexandria

Then Bias informed him of a discovery to which one of the Thracian's slave women had helped him, and what he carelessly told his h his voice was almost stifled by surprise and shame, made him assail him with questions

What great thing had he revealed? There had been reckless gaiety at every festival of Dionysus since he had been in the artist's service, and the slaves had indulged in the festal mirth no less freely than the od to whoe, was not only perrape proved its all-equalizing power

There had been no lack of pretty companions even for him, the bondman, and the most beautiful of all had made eyes at his master, the tall, slender man with the splendid black beard