[The Sisters Complete by Georg Ebers]@TWC D-Link bookThe Sisters Complete CHAPTER XIV 3/13
I shall be punished if the water-jar is not standing on the altar by sunrise, and there is Klea's too to be filled." "I will fill it for you directly--there--that is done; and now I will carry them both for you to the end of the grove, if you will promise me to return soon, for I have many things to ask you." "Go on--only go on," said the girl; "I know very little; but ask away, though you will not find much to be made of any answers that I can give." "Oh! yes, indeed, I shall--for instance, if I asked you to tell me all about your parents.
My friend Publius, whom you know, and I also have heard how cruelly and unjustly they were punished, and we would gladly do much to procure their release." "I will come--I will be sure to come," cried Irene loudly and eagerly, "and shall I bring Klea with me? She was called up in the middle of the night by the gatekeeper, whose child is very ill.
My sister is very fond of it, and Philo will only take his medicine from her.
The little one had gone to sleep in her lap, and his mother came and begged me to fetch the water for us both.
Now give me the jars, for none but we may enter the temple." "There they are.
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