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Chapter 39

           Itwasamostdistressingsensation—itmademeshrinkattimes,fromthelookofLucio’seyes—nowandthenindeedIalmostcoweredbeforehim,soincreasinglygreatwastheindefinabledreadIhadofhispresence.Itwasnotsomuchthestrangevisionofthe‘CityBeautiful’thathadinspiredthisinme—forafterall,thatwasonlyatrickofhypnotism,ashehadsaid,andasIwascontenttoargueitwithmyself—butitwashiswholemannerthatsuddenlybegantoimpressmeasithadneverimpressedmebefore.Ifanychangewasslowlytakingplaceinmysentimentstowardshim,sosurelyitseemedwashechangingequallytowardsme.Hisimperiouswaysweremoreimperial—hissarcasmmoresarcastic—hiscontemptformankindmoreopenlydisplayedandmorefrequentlypronounced.YetIadmiredhimasmuchasever—Idelightedinhisconversation,whetheritwerewitty,philosophicalorcynical—Icouldnotimaginemyselfwithouthiscompany.Neverthelessthegloomonmyminddeepened—ourNiletripbecameinfinitelywearisometome,somuchso,thatalmostbeforewehadgothalf-wayonourjourneyuptheriver,Ilongedtoturnbackagainandwishedthevoyageatanend.AnincidentthatoccurredatLuxorwasmorethansufficienttostrengthenthisdesire.WehadstayedthereforseveraldaysexploringthedistrictandvisitingtheruinsofThebesandKarnac,wheretheywerebusyexcavatingtombs.

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