"I knew his father and mother before him; and I have been always perfectly aware of the immense extent of his knowledge, and the value of his discoveries.

If I were inclined to be sceptical on spiritual matters, I should not be of the race I am; for I am also a Chaldean." I said no more, and Father Paul trimmed the tapers burning round the coffin in devout silence.

Again I looked at the fair dead form before me; but somehow I could not feel sad again.

All my impulses bade me rejoice.

Why should I be unhappy on Zara's account ?--more especially when the glories of the Central Sphere were yet fresh in my memory, and when I knew as a positive fact that her happiness was now perfect.