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him to lose no time the soldier withdre, and the lady berenike ordered
her handmaiden to all the housekeeper and other serving women. then she repaired
quickly to the room she had destined for the wounded man and his brother but
neither meslissa nor the other women could succeed in really lending her any
help, for she herself put forth all her cleverness and power of head and hand
forgetting nothing that might be useful or agreeable in the nursing of the sick, in
that wealthy well ordered house everything stood ready to hand; and in less
than a quarter of an hour the tribune memories was infaoured that that the
chamber was ready for the receprtion of his brother. the lady then returned
with melissa to her own sleeping apartment and tool various little bottle and jars
from a small medicine chest, begging the girl at the same time to escuse her,
as hshe intended to understake the nursing of the wounded man herself here were
books, and there karinous lute. johanna would attend to the evening meal.
tomorrow morning they could consult further as to what was necessay to be done;
then she kissed her guest and left the room left to herself melissa gave herself up
to varying thoughts, till johanna brought her repast while she hardly nibbled at
it, the christian told her that matters looked ill with the tribune, and that
the wound in the forchead especially caused the physician much anxiety many
questions were needed to draw this much form the freedwoman for she spoke
but little when she did speak, however it was with great kindliness, and there
lay something so simple and gentle in her whole manner that it awakened
confidence having satisfied her appetite, melissa returned to the lady berenikes
apartment; but there her heart grew heavy at the thought of what awaited her
an the morrow when at the momnet of leaving, johanna inquired whether she
desired anything further, whether it would be better to spare his adeded his
love in glowing colors. korinnas heart, he said must have gone forth to him; for
at their last meeting on the northen shore of the lake, her hand had rested in
his while he helped her out of the boat; he could still feel the touch of her
fingers. not had the meeting been pure accident, for he had since seen and
recognized the presence on earth of her departed soul in her apparently living
form, and she had perceived all the depth and fervor of his passion alexander
had given him this certaintly; for when he had seen korinna by the lake, her
soul had long sunce abandoned its earthly tenement before that, her mortal port
was already beyond his reach; and yet he was happy for the spirit was not lost
to him only last nught magic forces had brought her before his his father, too,
had been present, and no deception was possible he had gone to bed in rapturous
excitement full of delicious hopes, and karinna had at once appeared to him in a
dream so lovely, so kind and at the same time so subtle a vision, ready
to follow him in his thoughts and strivings but just as he had heard a full
assurance of her love from her own lips, and was asking her by what name he
should call her when the craving to see her again should wax strong in him old
dido had waked him, to cast him out of elysium into the deepest earthly woes,
but he added and he drew himself up proudly he should soon possess the magians art,
for there was no kind of learning he could not master; even as a boy he had
proved that to his taechers he, whose knowledge had but yesterday culminated in
the assurance that it was impossible to knoe work room through the anteroon,
calling out to the struggling couple: what are you doing by all the gods, you
have chosen the wrong time for a quarrel zminis is on the way hitter to take you
both prisoners; he will be here in a minute fly into the kitchen, girl dido
will hide you in the wood store behind the hearth you philip must squeeze into
the henhiuse only be quick or it will be too late go cired melissa to her
brother out through the kitchen window you can get into the poultry yard
she threw herself weeping into his arms kissed him, and added hastily: whatever
happens to us, i shall risk all to save my father and alexander farewell the
gods preserve us she now seized philips wrist, as he had before grasped hers to
drag him away; but he freed himslef saying with an indiffernce which terrified
her: then let the worst come ruin may take its course death rather than dishonour
madman the slave could not help exclaiming; and the faithful fellow , though
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