If Orion recognizes this, if he submits to accept the duties imposed on him by existence, if he devotes himself to them now for the first time to the best of his powers, a day may come when I shall look up to him with respect--nay, with admiration.

The shipwreck of which the Arab spoke has overtaken him.

Let us see how he will save himself from the waves, and behave when he is cast on shore." "Let us see!" repeated Paula, "and wish that he may find such an adviser! As you were speaking it struck me that it was my part .-- But no, no! He has placed himself beyond the pale of the compassion which I might have felt even for an enemy after such a frightful blow.

He! He can and shall never be anything to me till the end of time.

I have to thank you for having found me this haven of rest.