At his age a new wife is not to be thought of; but his brother is young and handsome, indeed people go so far as to say, that he is like the Prince Bartja." "That is true," exclaimed the girl.

"Only think, when we went out to meet my mistress, and I saw Bartja for the first time from the window of the station-house, I thought he was Gaumata.

They are so like one another that they might be twins, and they are the handsomest men in the kingdom." "How you are blushing, my pretty rose-bud! But the likeness between them is not quite so great as all that.

When I spoke to the high-priest's brother this morning..." "Gaumata is here ?" interrupted the girl passionately.

"Have you really seen him or are you trying to draw me out and make fun of me ?" "By Mithras! my sweet one, I kissed his forehead this very morning, and he made me tell him a great deal about his darling.