But fearing another lecture on the comparative merits of idolatry, human sacrifice, and monotheism, she manifested very little interest in the subject.
"I daresay it is the same.

Zoroaster always says so, and that was the one point that Daniel could never forgive him.

The sun is coming through those plants upon your head--shall we not have our cushions moved into the shade at the other end ?" She clapped her hands and rose languidly, offering her hand to Atossa.

But the queen sprang lightly to her feet.
"I have stayed too long," she said.

"Come with me, dearest princess, and we will go out into the orange gardens upon the upper terrace.