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196 her caresses, and whispered wild words of love.

The shadow came nearer and nearer.

She covered his eyes with her hands, and showered hot kisses on his face.

The shadow was close to them.

"This," she said, "is love such as the world has never seen. Let me lose myself in thee."

The shadow had passed, and then in her anxiety Daphne became cold and still.

Thoth roused himself and looked. Then he uttered a great cry—"Too late; all is over!"

"Art thou certain?"

"Every one by this time is dead beyond recall. Thus ends the greatest scheme ever planned by man."