原文 (英語)

CHAPTER II. After the grammateus had retired, Daphne insisted upon leaving Tennis the next day. The desire to see Hermon's masterpiece drew her back to Alexandria even more strongly than the knowledge of being missed by her father. Only the separation from Thyone rendered the departure difficult, for the motherless girl had found in her something for which she had long yearned, and most sorely missed in her companion Chrysilla, who from expediency approved of everything she did or