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Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

CHAPTER II
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You can take horse, if you wish to see it--or, better, a boat, for a tributary connects it with the river." "The Grove of Daphne!" he said, to a third inquirer.

"Nobody can describe it; only beware! It was begun by Apollo, and completed by him.

He prefers it to Olympus.

People go there for one look--just one--and never come away.

They have a saying which tells it all--'Better be a worm and feed on the mulberries of Daphne than a king's guest.'" "Then you advise me to stay away from it ?" "Not I! Go you will.


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