The Lost Phcebe part 6
By twelve o`clock of this particular night he was asleep, however, and by two had waked again. The moon by this time had shifted...
Zoe and Theodora part 49
117. After completing his arrangements and taking a fair number of prisoners, Tornicius retired to his own entrenchments in good order. For his part,...
The Lost Phcebe part 7
It was one of those little wisps of mist, one of those faint exhalations of the earth that rise in a cool night after...
Zoe and Theodora part 50
119. That event marked the change in their fortunes. After being buoyed up by their hopes for a brief interval, and (it must be...
The Lost Phcebe part 8
“I guess I could find yuh ag`in,” he had always said. But her cackling threat had always been:
“Yuh`ll not find me if I ever...
Zoe and Theodora part 51
121. Such was the shameful withdrawal from the Great City of the man who had once contested its throne. Still more shameful was his...
The Lost Phcebe part 9
“Well, I`ll be switched!” he said aloud to himself. “He`s clean out`n his head. That poor old feller`s been livin` down there till he`s...
Zoe and Theodora part 52
Without a moment’s hesitation, with no thought for reason, he condemned them to blinding on the spot. At that the pretender emitted a cry...
The Lost Phcebe part 10
She bustled about, meditating on the uncertainties of life, while old Reifsneider thrummed on the rim of his hat with his pale fingers and...
Zoe and Theodora part 53
126. His beauty, we are told, was that of Achilles or Nireus.**126 But whereas, in the case of these heroes, the poet’s language, having...
