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138 was effaced, and she and this man were all that was left in the universe.

At last Daphne broke the silence.

"What is my fate? Wilt thou keep to thy first promise or thy last threat?"

Then Thoth raised his eyes and filled her heart with wonder. A thrill of fearful pleasure passed through her frame as she thought she saw in his regard no trace of hatred or cruelty, but the overpowering love of a strong nature.

She was not left long in suspense, for Thoth said to her, with a trembling voice—

"Daphne, I love thee as never yet man loved woman. Against my will, against my belief, in a moment, love has seized me—love as strong and irrevocable as death that, too, comes in a moment"

Then he advanced towards her, and seizing her hand, kissed it passionately. He tried to