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36 any objection to his master's wishes. The latter bids him leave Rome, join his friend Demetrius at Puteoli, and there wait for him. Meanwhile he is summoned once more to the presence of Domitian, and is questioned as to his knowledge of philosophy, his powers of divination, and his mode of life. To all these questions he gives replies which are so pertinent, that the emperor is almost inclined to release him, when all at once Apollonius disappears from the sight of all present. Although the strictest search is made and people are sent in all directions to look for him, they declare on their return that no one has seen him, and none can see him, for it is a supernatural disappearance. On the evening of the day when this miracle took place, Demetrius and Damis were conversing together at Puteoli, a small town which was about 150 miles from Rome. They had given up all hopes of again seeing the man by whose labours they thought the empire would have been saved, when suddenly a mysterious noise was heard, and Apollonius stood before them. They were forced to take him by