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What he requested seee, and it would not do to disturb the devout throng His desire to lower the pedestal could not be gratified

The high priest who came forward upheld his subordinates and, after a short dispute, Hermon left the sanctuary with his wish unfulfilled

Never had he so keenly la the remainder of the drive, and when Daphne received him he described with passionate lamentation how terribly blindness embittered his life, and declared hiain his sight

She earnestly entreated hiain, and Heriven that day by the wealthy ship-owner Archon The feast lasted until early ain appeared in his uncle's house, and met Daphne full of joyous confidence, as if he were completely transformed

While at Archon's table he had deterher powers This was the will of Fate; for the guest whose cushion he shared was Silanus, the host's son, and the first thing he learned fro the next day, with several friends, to the oracle of Amon in the Libyan Desert, to ask it what should be done for his mother, who had been for several years an invalid whom no physician could help He had heard froreeted Alexander the Great as his son, was infallible

Then Her man to accompany him Every comfort would be provided One of his father's fine ships would convey theuides for the short land journey would be ready

So he had proo with Silanus, and his decision array-haired Pelusinian couple Perhaps the god would show the blind ht path to recovery He would always be able to call the skill of the Alexandrian leeches to his aid

Soon after Hermon went on board Archon's splendidly equipped vessel and, instead of a tiresoan a new and riotous period of festivity

Lavish provision had been ay companions of both sexes, , well filled dishes and h the coast and desert regions was not less jovial and luxurious than on the ship

It seemed to the blind man like one vast banquet in the dark, interrupted only by sleep