"A residence that will be fit for you ?" "That shall be my business," replied the physician.

"Believe me, noble lady, it would be best for all that Paula should seek another home.

But it is to be hoped that she may decide on remaining in Memphis." At this Neforis exclaimed: "Here, with us, is her natural home!--Perhaps God may turn your heart for your uncle's sake, and we may begin a new and happier life." Paula's only reply was a shake of the head; but Neforis did not see it the metal tinkle sounded for the third time, and it was her duty to respond to its call.
As soon as she had left the room Paula drew a deep breath, exclaiming: "O God! O God! How hard it was to refrain from flinging in her teeth the crime her wicked son....

No, no; nothing should have made me do that.
But I cannot tell you how the mere sight of that woman angers me, how light-hearted I feel since I have broken down the bridge that connected me with this house and with Memphis." "With Memphis ?" asked Philippus.
"Yes," said Paula gladly.

"I go away--away from hence, out of the vicinity of this woman and her son!--Whither?
Oh! back to Syria, or to Greece--every road is the right one, if it only takes me away from this place." "And I, your friend ?" asked Philippus.
"I shall bear the remembrance of you in a grateful heart." The physician smiled, as though something had happened just as he expected; after a moment's reflection he said: "And where can the Nabathaean find you, if indeed he discovers your father in the hermit of Sinai ?" The question startled and surprised Paula, and Philippus now adduced every argument to convince her that it was necessary that she should remain in the City of the Pyramids.