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Complete darkness enfolded the white house Herhted, the ones in his friend's studio, which looked out into the open square, while his own faced the water

What did this er expect Myrtilus to be still at work He had supposed that he should find hi for breath What was the ht in the workrooms now?

Where was his usually efficient Bias? He never went to rest when his master was to return ho!

But Hermon had also enjoined the care of Myrtilus upon the slave, and he was undoubtedly beside the sufferer's couch, supporting him in the sa across the open space, and he heard theclose behind him

Was the wounded barbarian the sole acquisition of this journey?

The beat of his horse's hoofs and the voices of the Biaht, which was interrupted only by the roaring of the wind And this disturbance of the deep silence around had entered the lighted s before hiure appeared at one of them, and--could he believe his own eyes?--Myrtilus looked down into the square, and a joyous welco from his lips as loudly as in his days of health

The darkness of the night suddenly seeround, two bounds up the steps leading to the house, an eager rush through the corridor that separated hi instead of opening of the door, and, as if frantic with happy surprise, he impetuously embraced his friend, who, burin and file in hand, was just approaching the threshold, and kissed his brow and cheeks in the pure joy of his heart

Then what questions, answers, tidings! In spite of the torrents of rain and the gale, the invalid's health had been excellent The solitude had done hi about the carrier dove The hurricane had probably "blown it away," as the breeders of the swift ers said

Question and reply now followed one another in rapid succession, and both were soon acquainted with everything worth knowing; nay, Hermon had even delivered Daphne's rose to his friend, and inforht into the house

Bias and the other slaves had quickly appeared, and Hermon soon rendered the wounded man the help he needed in an airy cha to the heat that prevailed in summer so close under the roof, the slaves had never occupied