Helena peered in at the door with her beautiful, laughing face.
“How does my boy-lover like my bed-chamber?”
“How could you betray me in this atrocious manner?” said I, indignantly.
“Magistus offered me a beautiful diamond ring to get you into his power.
You know we women could never resist the fascination of diamond rings!”
“And my poor sister!” I exclaimed, in despair.
“True, I had forgotten about her. It is time to dress for the
amphitheatre. The gladiators interest me very little, but I would not miss
seeing a woman eaten up by the lion, even for a diamond ring. Good-bye.”
The demon departed. The vision of the woman-serpent in the world of
spirits was a prophecy.