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100 to leave the women unmolested. The ogress ventured to remonstrate, but at the first sentence Thoth sternly cried, "Darest thou question me?" and touched her hand with the end of his golden staff, whereupon the monster fell as one dead. As if to excuse himself, Thoth said—

"There is no further use for her: it is better thus."

Then said Daphne, "Is she dead?"

"Yes," he replied,—"dead beyond all aid; and to all her kind will I do likewise."

They passed through the gate, and as before, every one they saw treated Thoth with the utmost respect and reverence. But Daphne was silent, weary, and despondent.

The horrors she had witnessed seemed to pervade every nook and cranny of the place. Helplessly she walked by the side of Thoth, and the salutations of her little servants when