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CHAPTER VI.
ATHOTHIS AND PAULUS ANDROCYDES MEET A MODERN
PHYSICIAN OF A RARE OLD TYPE.
HE sun had now risen above the horizon and its
warm cheerful radiance was fast dissipating
the last vapory atoms of foggy mist. On the
western outskirts of the city, where the houses
sloped up the hill-sides in terraces one above the other,
thousands of windows reflected the golden rays of the
eastern sky. On the highlands, surrounding the suburban
portion of the town, the forests and meadows had donned
the full virginal robes of spring. The air was redolent
with the odor of violets, apple blossoms, and honey-
suckles, while the twittering and warbling of numerous
feathered songsters filled the heavens with charming
melody.
" What a delightful morning! What a superb pros-
pect ! " exclaimed Paulus Androcydes in a tone of ecstasy,
as he viewed with intense admiration the grand panorama
outstretched below.
" 'T is the annual awakening of Seb from his winter's
nap," remarked Athothis, " and the earth is never so
happy as when attired in a new suit of green, white, and
red. But here is an open garret lattice, and I hear
moans ; let us enter." And, therewith, the spirits drifted
into a shabby old tenement house, into a dingy-looking
room. This dwelling-place denoted the presence of ab-
ject poverty, the furniture consisting of three broken-
