Her long hair had fallen loose in the dance and flowed wildly about her, and her shout of "Iakchos!" rang clear in the night air.
The youth she loved gazed at her with ravished eyes, as at some miracle; she, heedless of the others, threw her arms round his neck, and, as he kissed her, she said once more, but loud enough now to be heard from afar, "The world is a banqueting-hall!" and again she joined in the shout of "Iakchos!" her eyes bright with excitement.

Cups filled high with wine now circulated among the mad-cap mystics; even Melissa refreshed herself, handing the beaker to her lover, and Diodoros raised to his mouth that place on the rim which her lips had touched.
"O life! fount of joys!" cried Diodoros, kissing her and pressing her closer to him.

"Come, Iakchos! Behold with envy how thankfully two mortals can bless the gift of life.

But where is Alexander?
To none but to our Andreas have I ever confided the secret I have borne in my heart since that day when we went to the circus.

But now! Oh, it is so much happiness for two hearts! My friend, too, must have part in it!" At this Melissa clasped her hand to her brow, as though waking from a dream.