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"True, my son, but that need not disquiet you. The resources of

Nature are many and far from being exhausted. But then, youth is

naturally impatient. Did you so deeply love the Princess?"

At this point Sarthia would have withdrawn but she found that her

desire to stay chained her to the spot, and glancing at the

Hierophant she realized that her presence was known to him and

that he wished her to remain.