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Chapter 39

           Itwasamostdistressingsensationitmademeshrinkattimes,fromthelookofLucio’seyesnowandthenindeedIalmostcoweredbeforehim,soincreasinglygreatwastheindefinabledreadIhadofhispresence.Itwasnotsomuchthestrangevisionofthe‘CityBeautiful’thathadinspiredthisinmeforafterall,thatwasonlyatrickofhypnotism,ashehadsaid,andasIwascontenttoargueitwithmyselfbutitwashiswholemannerthatsuddenlybegantoimpressmeasithadneverimpressedmebefore.Ifanychangewasslowlytakingplaceinmysentimentstowardshim,sosurelyitseemedwashechangingequallytowardsme.Hisimperiouswaysweremoreimperialhissarcasmmoresarcastichiscontemptformankindmoreopenlydisplayedandmorefrequentlypronounced.YetIadmiredhimasmuchaseverIdelightedinhisconversation,whetheritwerewitty,philosophicalorcynicalIcouldnotimaginemyselfwithouthiscompany.NeverthelessthegloomonmyminddeepenedourNiletripbecameinfinitelywearisometome,somuchso,thatalmostbeforewehadgothalf-wayonourjourneyuptheriver,Ilongedtoturnbackagainandwishedthevoyageatanend.AnincidentthatoccurredatLuxorwasmorethansufficienttostrengthenthisdesire.WehadstayedthereforseveraldaysexploringthedistrictandvisitingtheruinsofThebesandKarnac,wheretheywerebusyexcavatingtombs.

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