So I adorned the goddess with her pleasant features." "Mine, you mean to say," Ledscha answered bitterly, "would be less suitable for this purpose.

Yet they, too, can wear a different expression from the present one.

You, I think, have learned this.

Only I shall never acquire the art of dissimulation, not even in your society." "You seem to be angry on account of my absence yesterday evening ?" Hermon asked in an altered tone, clasping her hand; but Ledscha snatched it from him, exclaiming: "The model of the Demeter, the daughter of the wealthy Archias, detained you, you were going to tell me, and you think that ought to satisfy the barbarian maiden." "Folly!" he answered angrily.

"I owe a debt of gratitude to her father, who was my guardian, and custom commands you also to honour a guest.