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In the battle which he had commenced he must not shrink from wounds, and he was struck by many a poisoned shaft But, towas effected between him and those whoht

Hermon now o into the desert with very little luggage, as the oracle see a time his absence would extend could not be estimated, and the many poor people whoh his departure The arrangements required to effect this he dictated to the slave, who understood writing He had gained in him an extremely capable servant, and Patran expressed his readiness to follow him into the desert; but the wry face which, sure that the blindso, seemed to prove the contrary

Weary, and yet too excited to find sleep, Hermon at last went to rest

If his Myrtilus had been with hiratitude, to explain! How overjoyed he would have been at the fulfilment of his wish to see him united to Daphne, at least in heart; hat fiery ardour he would have upbraided those who believed hied to another!

But Myrtilus was no more, and who could tell whether his body had not remained unburied, and his soul was therefore condemned to be borne restlessly between heaven and earth, like a leaf driven by the wind? Yet, if the earth covered him, where was the spot on which sacrifices could be offered to his soul, his tombstone could be anointed, and he himself remembered?

Then a doubt which had never before entered his mind suddenly took possession of Hermon

Since for so many months he had firht also have fallen into another delusion, and Myrtilus ht the blind man, with a swift ht light blazed before his eyes in the dark room

The reasons which had led the authorities to pronounce Myrtilus dead rendered his early end probable, it is true, yet by no means proved it absolutely He must hold fast to that

He who, ever since he returned to Alexandria from Tennis, had squandered precious time as if possessed by evil deed to leave the capital What! Suppose he should now, even though it were necessary to delay obeying the oracle's coh the world in pursuit of Myrtilus, even, if it must be, to the uttermost Thule?