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to Pelagia and, with tears streaming down his cheeks. addressed some solemn words to her. The Goths would have driven him off. but Pelagia said:
 No. do not harm him." and then to the old man, Come tomorrow and tell me what you mean.
 Philammon hurried toward the monk and saw that 1t was. as he had guessed, old Arsenius--once the tutor of Elm perors and now a monk of the Laura. Cyril had sent for him to come to
 Alexandria that in the troubious times he might have the advantage Of his wisdom and experience Tenderly he greeted Philammon. The youth was eager to know what he had said to Peiagia and why. the old man seemed
 to take so mulch interest in her.
 They walked Iup a quiet side street together while Arsenius explained. He | told the boy that, in the markets of | Rayenna after a raid on Athens. he had purchased him and taken him to the | Laura. There had been a sister; and | that Pelagia was that sister Arsenius
 was almost convinced. Old Miriam knew for certain.
 "Then," said Philammon, v am a
 slave. You can take me back to Cyril | or to the Laura. You can have me scourged am your property" 1 No" answered Arsenius. Though | in the eyes of the Roman law you may | he a slave, In the eyes Of God you are
 free. And I, who bought you. say you | are free"
 | aAnd Pelagia. my sister7" exclaimed | Philammon, while D blush mantled his
 cheeks at he thought of the life she led. q will save her. She must leave
 all this wicked Alexandria and fly with me somewhere--anywhere the desert" Then the thought came over | him: What would Hypatia think of l ha Wa a 1 slave and Pelagia his sister? For in l the cold heathen philosophy of'Hypatia | there was no room for Magdalens or
 slaves.
 I~ Old Arsenius labored with the youth | to bring him back to reconciliation
 with Cyril. It was the fault of Peter. and not of Cyril or Cyril's religion. that | he had been driven forth. The Nitrian
 monks might riot. Peter might be a | seIf-seeking hypocrite. but in the re- 1 ligion of Christ lay the only hope of
 that world which was breaking and
 sinking around them. You will come | back to us some day" said the old
 man. back to the Laura"
 | The Goths had been kind to Philam-
 mon in their rude way in the galley
 on the Nile He decided suddenly that
 he would seek them and tell old Wulf all. wulf and Smid were groyep tired | of the luxurious ease of Alexandria | and were already plotting to rescue l the Anal from the enervatinR charms l of the life he was leading. The story | of Philammon gave them a new idea. | They said they would communicate | with, him when the time came.
 | And now there arose Meraclian. | Count of Africa. seeking to rule the Roman world. With great expedition
 he set out for Italy, and. landing at | Oetia had challenged the imperial | legionaries of Honorius. Orestes, the nrefect. saw for himself the plucking l of the crowd of Africa. He stopped the | grain ships, and unloaded many of them that he might give largess to the | noor He advised games and a great
 ~Iadiatorial contest and scenic display l in the Iong-abandoned theatre. Among | inc spectacles he would have the dance l of Venus Anadyomeni. which has not | been seen in Alexandria since the Christians had become so powerful. He | would have Hypatia who represented
 the old regime. sit beside him on a | throne during the games, and when he
 was hailed by his hired agents as Elm peror of Africa. he would share the | crown with the beautiful philosopher. | Orestes and Hypatia--Hvpatia and | Orestes-surely this combination. to- | rether with the victory of Heraclian.
 should be combination powerful | enough to capture this worn-out
 Africa; for it was agreed that if Hera-
 clian became Emperor of Rome he
 would let Africa go. So orestes plotted
 and planned and waited anxiously for | news of Heraclian's victory.
 Much he had to labor with Hypatia
 to induce her to play the part he as-
 signed her in the rlching or a crown;
 but by holding the cause of the immor- | taI gods before that of the very nor
 tal Alexandrians, Hypatia was at last | induced to listen and consent
 He extracted promise from Pelagia 1 that she woul dance the Venus Auady-