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The sculptor's head was burning feverishly when he entered the vehicle He had never iined that the consequences of his explanation would be so terrible During the drive--by no reat harbour, he strove to collect his thoughts Groaning aloud, he covered his ears with his hands to shut out the shouts and hisses froer audible

True, he would not need to expose himself to this uproar a second time, yet if he remained in Alexandria the witticisentler form, would echo hundreds of times around hio on board the staunch Tacheia and be borne far aith his uncle and Daphne, but he was obliged to deny himself the fulfil his sight

Obedient to the oracle, he would go to the desert where froht was to rise anew for him

There he would, at any rate, be per which he had lost in the delirium of the dissolute life of pleasure that he had led in the past Pythagoras had already forbidden the folly of spoiling the present by renant to his genuinely Greek nature Instead of looking backith peevish regret, his purpose was to look with blithe confidence toward the future, and to do his best to render it better and more fruitful than the er iht that if his uncle were robbed of his wealth he would become her support cheered his heart If the oracle did not fulfil its proain appeal towhich reat harbour was soon over, but the boat which lay waiting for him had a considerable distance to traverse, for the Tacheia was no longer at the landing place, but was tacking outside the Pharos, in order, if the warrant of arrest were issued, not to be stopped at the channel dohthouse He found the slender trire been expecting hih Philippus, what duty still detained the deceived artist, but he learned, at the same time, that his own imprisonment had been determined, and it would be advisable for him to leave the city behind him as quickly as possible Yet neither Daphne nor he illing to depart without saying farewell to Hermon