If only fitting leaders are to be found at the centres of the movement, these standards will at once be sent out, and with them arms for the country-folk.

A place of meeting has already been selected in each province, the pass-word will be given, and a day fixed for a general rising." "And they will flock round you!" interrupted Karnis, "and--I, my son, will not be absent.

Oh glorious, happy, and triumphant day! Gladly will I die if only I may first live to see the smoking offerings sending up their fragrance to the gods before the open doors of every temple in Greece; see the young men and maidens dancing in rapt enthusiasm to the sound of lutes and pipes, and joining their voices in the chorus! Then light will shine once more on the world, then life will once more mean joy, and death a departure from a scene of bliss." "Aye, and thus shall it be!" cried Olympius, fired by this eager exposition of his own excitement, and he wrung the musician's hand.
"We will restore life to the Greeks and teach them to scorn death as of yore.

Let the Christians, the Barbarians, make life miserable and seek joy in death, if they list! But the girls have ceased singing.

There is still much to be done to-day, and first of all I must confute the objections of your recalcitrant pupil." "You will not find it an easy task," said Karnis.