Know you aught yet unrevealed by Babbalanja ?" "Many things I know, not good to tell; whence they call me Azzageddi." "A very confidential devil, this; that tells no secrets.

Azzageddi, can I drive thee out ?" "Only with this mortal's ghost:--together we came in, together we depart." "A very terse, and ready devil, this.

Whence come you, Azzageddi ?" "Whither my catechist must go--a torrid clime, cut by a hot equator." "A very keen, and witty devil, this.

Azzageddi, whom have you there ?" "A right down merry, jolly set, that at a roaring furnace sit and toast their hoofs for aye; so used to flames, they poke the fire with their horns, and light their tails for torches." "A very funny devil, this.

Azzageddi, is not Mardi a place far pleasanter, than that from whence you came ?" "Ah, home! sweet, sweet, home! would, would that I were home again!" "A very sentimental devil, this.