He is young and such things are allowable." "Nay, Sir, even my brother--he lives now in Alexandria, and is blind and foolish enough still in all that concerns his former pupil--and even he thinks this is a dangerous rock ahead.

If he does not change in this respect he will wander further and further from the law of the Lord, and imperil his soul, for dangers surround him on all sides like roaring lions.

The noble gifts of a handsome and engaging person will lead him to his ruin; and though I do not desire it, I suspect...." "You look on the dark side and judge hardly," replied the old man.

"The young...." "Even the young, or at least the Christian young, ought to control themselves, though I, if any one, am inclined to make the utmost allowance for the handsome lad--nay, and I may confess: when he smiles at me I feel at once as if I had met with some good-luck; and there are a thousand other men in Memphis who feel the same, and still more the women you may be sure--but many a one has shed bitter tears on his account for all that .-- But, by all the saints!--Talk of the wolf and you see his tail! Look, there he is!--Halt! Stop a minute, you men; it is worth while, Sir, to tarry a moment." "Is that his fine quadriga in front of the high garden gate yonder ?" "Those are the Pannonian horses he brought with him, as swift as lightning and as....

But look! Ah, now they have disappeared behind the hedge; but you, high up on your dromedary, must be able to see them.