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ARIADNE. 239bended whyin the eyes of men he had clone nowrong,but merely followed out his right in vengeanceof ablow. She knew nothing of aU this:she only understood that he had kdled his friend— through her.She, who would have dragged herself throughseas of blood to save him from pang or shame,had brought this guUt upon her head: thatwas aU she understood. For her Maryx haddied. For her Hdarion was a murderer. Thiswas aU she knew. A sense of overwhelmingand ineffaceable guUt seU uponher: she shrankaway, ashamed and afraid, from the hght of theday.Of himIheardnothing save thathe had notattempted to escape from whatever the laws ofhis fellows might do to him; thatIheard.Justice!Ilaughedaloud asIheard. What couldbring back the dead froni the sepulchre ? AVhatcould hght again the divine fires of the genius hehad quenched?Justice!ThenIunderstood how men could grow cruel.Had his doom been in myhands,Iwould have