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ARIADNE. 63' Hush !it will be finished very soon; whenitisdone he will come back.' Then she turned againto the statue, and worked on at it,and her handsseemed so feverish thatIthought theymust have'burnt the clay as they touchedit. Is she yoursister?' asked the woman; andIlied andanswered' ' yes; and together we stood and watched her.' Whilst she still made the nets, she seemedto have some reason left, though she never'spoke,' said the woman, but since she hastouched that earth she seems mad. Is it indeedyour sister ' ? What sorrow is on her thatshe is thus ? ButIcould not speak. Iwatched her tillIfelt suffocated. Iknew notwhatIdid. Iwas beside myself. God forgiveme! "Ihad my knife in my vest— the knife thatshould have ended his lifein those nights of hispleasure, ifIhad not been a coward — such acoward! And nowlike the foolish wretchIwas,Iso loathed the sight of that image, and of herlovely life wasting and burning away on it, thatasIsaw itIsprang upon it, and plunged myknife into the very breast of it, and the moist