A FRAGMENT.

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„I hope there will bo no occasion; that you

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,,Peace! — it must be so: promise this . 44„I do . 44

,,Swear it, by all that 44 —«—> He here dictated anoath of great solemnity.

„ There is no occasion for this — I will observej,your request; and to doubt me is ——“

,,It cannot be helped, — you must swearI took the oath: it appeared to relieve him.He removed a seal ring from his finger, on whichwere some Arabic characters, and presented itto me. He proceeded —

„On the ninth day of the month, at noon pre-cisely (what month you please, but this must„be the day), you must fling this ring into the„salt springs which run into the Day of Eleusis:„the day after, at the same hour, you must re-pair to the ruins of the temple of Ceres, andj,wait one hour / 4„Why?“

„You will sec . 44

„Thc ninth day of the month, you say ? 44,,Tlie ninth . 44

As I observed that the present was the ninthday of the month, his countenance changed, and