On the way downstairs he said: "Do you know why Zara wished that statue destroyed ?" "No," I said frankly; "unless for the reason that it was incomplete." "It always would have been incomplete," returned Heliobas; "even had she lived to work at it for years.

It was a daring attempt, and a fruitless one.

She was trying to make a clay figure of one who never wore earthly form--the Being who is her Twin-Soul, who dominates her entirely, and who is with her now.

As well might she have tried to represent in white marble the prismatic hues of the rainbow!" We had now reached the hall, and the servants were assembling by twos and threes.

They glanced at their master with looks of awe, as he took up a commanding position near the fountain, and faced them with a glance of calm scrutiny and attention.