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What a rich, brilliant life awaited hinificent city home, and not only all the servants and clients of the fareeted him with flowers and hundreds of other tokens of affection and appreciation, he gave himself up without reserve to this novel excess of fa his blindness, he felt, after the burns on his face had healed, thoroughly well, as strong as a giant--nay, orous and capable of enjoy to the full in the superabundant gifts which Fate, recently so cruel, now suddenly cast into his lap with lavish kindness?

Yet s as he had experienced that day, he was far fro the hall of the , the names of famous men and proud beauties had been repeated to him Formerly they had taken little notice of him, yet now even the most renowned received him like an Olympian victor

What did all these vain women really care for him? Yet their favour was part of the triumph whose celebration hefor whom it yearned, and horeetings

The ti conversation had not yet arrived, but he asked Thyone to lead him to her and, while she listened anxiously, described with feverish animation the incidents of the last few days But he soon lowered his voice to assure her that he had not ceased to think of her even for a single hour, and the feeling of happiness which, in spite of his s to his soul, was not least due to the knowledge of being near her again

And her presence really benefited hi the hours of solitary yearning in Tennis; he felt it a great favour of Fate to be per the deliriuing to clasp her at once in his arms as his betrothed bride overwhelmed him; but her father's opposition to the union of his only child with a blind itation in his soul, as well as the tumult around him, seemed like a mockery of the quiet happiness which hovered before hie with Daphne Not until everything was calmer would the time co froht he perceived in the tone of her voice the deep emotion of her heart