'I have been expecting this.

Well if he dies, it may save the king some trouble.' He jumped down, and went to Basil's side.

At first the sufferer could not speak, but when water had been given him, he gazed at Venantius with a strange smile, and, pointing before him, said faintly: 'Is not yonder Casinum ?' 'It is.

We will bear you thither for harbourage.

Courage, friend!' 'Above, on the mountain,' continued Basil painfully, 'dwells my kinsman Benedict, with his holy men.