CHAPTER XIII.
SOCIABLE CONVERSE.
The next morning Zara came herself to awaken me, looking as fresh and lovely as a summer morning.

She embraced me very tenderly, and said: "I have been talking for more than an hour with Casimir.

He has told me everything.

What wonders you have seen! And are you not happy, dearest?
Are you not strong and satisfied ?" "Perfectly!" I replied.

"But, O Zara! what a pity that all the world should not know what we know!" "All have not a desire for knowledge," replied Zara.