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Hypatia

CHAPTER XVII: A STRAY GLEAM
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And this our friend must meet him.
And thus at least I should have his advice.

If he thinks it my duty to return to Carthage, I can but do so, after all.

But the soldiers!' 'Excellent sir,' said Raphael, 'Synesius and the Pentapolitan landlords--who can hardly call their lives their own, thanks to the Moors--will be glad enough to feed and pay them, or any other brave fellows with arms in their hands, at this moment.

And my friend Victorius, here, will enjoy, I do not doubt, a little wild campaigning against marauding blackamoors.' The old man bowed silently.

The battle was won.
The young tribune, who had been watching his father's face with the most intense anxiety caught at the gesture, and hurrying forward, announced the change of plan to the soldiery.


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