You will soon become accustomed to it.

We have long ceased even to hear it, and indeed on great festivals, when it is not sounded, we awake from the unaccustomed stillness.

From the hanging-gardens you will be able to see how the boys are taken to bathe every morning, whatever the weather may be.

The poor little ones are taken from their mothers when they are six years old, to be brought up with the other boys of their own rank under the king's eye." "Are they to begin learning the luxurious manners of the court so early ?" "Oh no! the poor boys lead a terrible life.

They are obliged to sleep on the hard ground, to rise before the sun.