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decent。 Still�察�sir�察─�and poor Job turned a shade paler 
as he said it�察 �I do hope it won't be that hot´pot 
game。;

;Nonsense�察─�I broke in�察�angrily�察 �nonsense。;

;Very well�察�sir�察─�said Job�察 �it isn't my place to 
differ from you�察�sir�察�but if you happen to be going 
anywhere�察�sir�察�I should be obliged if you could manage 
to take me with you�察�seeing that I shall be glad to 
have a friendly face to look at when the time comes�察�
just to help one through�察�as it were。 And now�察�sir�察�
I'll be getting the breakfast�察─�and he went�察�leaving 
me in a very uncomfortable state of mind。 I was deeply 
attached to old Job�察�who was one of the best and 
honestest men I have ever had to do with in any class 
of life�察�and really more of a friend than a servant�察�
and the mere idea of anything happening to him brought 
a lump into my throat。 Beneath all his ludicrous talk 
I could see that he himself was quite convinced that 
something was going to happen�察�and though in most 
cases these convictions turn out to be utter 
moonshineand this particular one especially was to 
be amply accounted for by the gloomy and unaccustomed 
surroundings in which its victim was placedstill it 
did more or less carry a chill to my heart�察�as any 
dread that is obviously a genuine object of belief is 
apt to do�察�however absurd the belief may be。 Presently 
the breakfast arrived�察�and with it Leo�察�who had been 
taking a walk outside the caveto clear his mind�察�he 
saidand very glad I was to see both�察�for they gave 
me a respite from my gloomy thoughts。 After breakfast 
we went for another walk�察�and watched some of the 
Amahagger sowing a plot of ground with the grain from 
which they make their beer。 This they did in 
scriptural fashiona man with a bag made of goat's´
hide fastened round his waist walking up and down the 
plot and scattering the seed as he went。 It was a 
positive relief to see one of these dreadful people do 
anything so homely and pleasant as sow a field�察�
perhaps because it seemed to link them�察�as it were�察�
with the rest of humanity。

As we were returning Billali met us�察�and informed us 
that it was _i_ She _i_ 's pleasure that we should 
wait upon her�察�and accordingly we entered her 
presence�察�not without trepidation�察�for Ayesha was 
certainly an exception to the rule。 Familiarity with 
her might and did breed passion and wonder and horror�察�
but it certainly did not breed contempt。

We were as usual shown in by the mutes�察�and after 
these had retired Ayesha unveiled�察�and once more bade 
Leo embrace her�察�which�察�notwithstanding his heart´
searchings of the previous night�察�he did with more 
alacrity and fervor than strict courtesy required。
 
_i_ She _i_ laid her white hand on his head�察�and 
looked him fondly in the eyes。 ;Dost thou wonder�察�my 
Kallikrates�察─�she said�察 �when thou shalt call me all 
thine own�察�and when we shall of a truth be for one 
another and to one another�拭�I will tell thee。 First�察�
must thou be even as I am�察�not immortal indeed�察�for 
that I am not�察�but so cased and hardened against the 
attacks of Time that his arrows shall glance from the 
armor of thy vigorous life as the sunbeams glance from 
water。 As yet I may not mate with thee�察�for thou and I 
are different�察�and the very brightness of my being 
would burn thee up�察�and perchance destroy thee。 Thou 
couldst not even endure to look upon me for too long a 
time lest thine eyes should ache�察�and thy senses swim�察�
and therefore ��with a little coquettish nod�� shall I 
presently veil myself again。; ��This�察�by the way�察�she 
did not do。�� ;No�此�listen�察�thou shalt not be tried 
beyond endurance�察�for this very evening�察�an hour 
before the sun goes down�察�shall we start hence�察�and by 
to´morrow's dark�察�if all goes well�察�and the road is 
not lost to me�察�which I pray it may not be�察�shall we 
stand in the Place of Life�察�and thou shalt bathe in 
the fire�察�and come forth glorified�察�as no man ever was 
before thee�察�and then�察�Kallikrates�察�shalt thou call me 
wife�察�and I will call thee husband。;

Leo muttered something in answer to this astonishing 
statement�察�I do not know what�察�and she laughed a 
little at his confusion�察�and went on。

;And thou�察�too�察�O Holly�察�on thee also will I confer 
this boon�察�and then of a truth shalt thou be an 
evergreen tree�察�and this will I dowell�察�because thou 
hast pleased me�察�Holly�察�for thou art not altogether a 
fool�察�like most of the sons of men�察�and because�察�
though thou hast a school of philosophy as full of 
nonsense as those of the old days�察�yet hast thou not 
forgotten how to turn a pretty phrase about a lady's 
eyes。;

;Hullo�察�old fellow� ─�whispered Leo�察�with a return of 
his old cheerfulness�察 �have you been paying 
compliments�拭�I should never have thought it of you� �

;I thank thee�察�O Ayesha�察─�I replied�察�with as much 
dignity as I could command�察 �but if there be such a 
place as thou dost describe�察�and if in this strange 
place there may be found a fiery virtue that can hold 
off Death when he comes to pluck us by the hand�察�yet 
would I none of it。 For me�察�O Ayesha�察�the world has 
not proved so soft a nest that I would lie in it 
forever。 A stony´hearted mother is our earth�察�and 
stones are the bread she gives her children for their 
daily food。 Stones to eat and bitter water for their 
thirst�察�and stripes for tender nurture。 Who would 
endure this for many lives�拭�Who would so load up his 
back with memories of lost hours and loves�察�and of his 
neighbor's sorrows that he cannot lessen�察�and wisdom 
that brings not consolation�拭�Hard is it to die�察�
because our delicate flesh doth shrink back from the 
worm it will not feel�察�and from that unknown which the 
winding´sheet doth curtain from our view。 But harder 
still�察�to my fancy�察�would it be to live on�察�green in 
the leaf and fair�察�but dead and rotten at the core�察�
and feel that other secret worm of recollection 
gnawing ever at the heart。;

;Bethink thee�察�Holly�察─�she said�察 �yet doth long life 
and strength and beauty beyond measure mean power and 
all things that are dear to man。;

;And what O queen�察─�I answered�察 �are those things that 
are dear to man�拭�Are they not bubbles�拭�Is not ambition 
but an endless ladder by which no height is ever 
climbed till the last unreachable rung is mounted�拭�For 
height leads on to height�察�and there is no resting´
place upon them�察�and rung doth grow upon rung�察�and 
there is no limit to the number。 Doth not wealth 
satiate and become nauseous�察�and no longer serve to 
satisfy or pleasure�察�or to buy an hour's ease of mind�拭�
And is there any end to wisdom that we may hope to 
reach it�拭�Rather�察�the more we learn shall we not 
thereby be able only to better compass out our 
ignorance�拭�Did we live ten thousand years could we 
hope to solve the secrets of the suns�察�and of the 
space beyond the suns�察�and of the Hand that hung them 
in the heavens�拭�Would not our wisdom be but as a 
gnawing hunger calling our consciousness day by day to 
a knowledge。 of the empty craving of our souls�拭�Would 
it not be but as a light in one of these great 
caverns�察�that though bright it burn�察�and brighter yet�察�
doth but the more serve to show the depths of the 
gloom around it�拭�And what good thing is there beyond 
that we may gain by length of days�拭�

;Nay�察�my Holly�察�there is lovelove which makes all 
things beautiful�察�and doth breathe divinity into the 
very dust we tread。 With love shall life roll 
gloriously on from year to year�察�like the voice of 
some great music that hath power to hold the hearer's 
heart poised on eagle's wings above the sordid shame 
and folly of the earth。;

;It may be so�察─�I answered�察 �but if the loved one 
prove a broken reed to pierce us�察�or if the love be 
loved in vainwhat then�拭�Shall a man grave his 
sorrows upon a stone when he hath but need to write 
them on the water�拭�Nay�察�O _i_ She _i_ �察�I will live my 
day and grow old with my generation�察�and die my 
appointed death�察�and be forgotten。 For I do hope for 
an immortality to which the little span that perchance 
thou canst confer will be but as a finger's length 
laid against the measure of the great world�察�and�察�mark 
this� �the immortality to which I look�察�and which my 

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