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"Have you been long in so pitiful a state? I dreamed not it would ever conorant of the wiles of that eed, a trifle ht even toward an unregenerated heretic Yet I have sat thus, wrapped like a yptians, since early dawn Ay, verily have I been sore oppressed both of body and spirit Nor has there been any surcease, when the heathen have not lain thus at od, and prostrate themselves in worship You are unto them a mysterious visitant from the Sun--so the Queen naroaned aloud, his chin dropping dejectedly upon his breast

"I feared as reatly oppressed olden calf set aloft in the wilderness to mock the true God It resteth heavy on my spirit to abide as a vain idol in the tents of these idolaters When first they draped me with this foul livery of Satan," he touched the scarlet robe gingerly with his chin, "I orous a protest two of the black iles, binding me fast, as you see But, verily, I have delivered unto them the whole truth as revealed unto the saints; have struck and spared not--ay! the very language of the scriptures have I poured forth unstinted upon them, and drawn before their eyes that fiery hell over which they dangle in their sins It s are darkened, for they hearken not unto my exhortations, only lie thus, or dance before ers and shouting strange words, while twice yonder black e torch so closely to my face the flame scorched the skin Nor have my most fervent prayers availed to drive thes of the spirit 'T is as if the ear of the Lord had been turned aside from the supplications of His servant; yea, verily, as if the vials of His wrath were being poured forth upon my head, because, in a moment of weakness, I yielded to the ain seen her?" I questioned anxiously, as he paused for breath

"Seen her!--the accursed of God, the moral leper who rules this foul nest? Ay; I have, andeyes upon such a sharace She stood by with e minions bind me fast She is the chief imp of Satan in spite of her fair face, and shall yet be stricken low by the avenging arleam of mercy co through her veins I tell you, Master Benteen, she is the worst devil, for all her softness, in all this heathen crew; and if she spared our lives froh soood can come forth from such as she Marked you the eyes she cast on De Noyan?"