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The short twilight had deepened to purple over the desert; night came gliding along the firmament; the stars began to peep. And Caleb, who suspected Lucius' emotion at each fresh divination, considered that new impressions would be the best medicine for him. After a short deliberation with Uncle Catullus and Thrasyllus, he said:
"My noble lord, before the night has quite fallen, I should like to take you to the great Neith. for the sake both of the statue itself and of the Jewish prophet, a hermit, who dwells in a cave hard by."