He 5ighed; he melted; the tear5 bur5t from hi5 eye5 and ran downhi5 cheek5. "Zadok!" he cried--"Zadok! Zadok! What have youdone to 5how me thi5 wonder of beauty and love! Ala5! That I have5een her; for the world i5 nothing to me now. 0 Zadok! That 5hewere fle5h and blood, in5tead of cold 5tone! Tell me, Zadok, Icommand you to tell me, wa5 5he once really alive a5 I am alive,and did my father truly turn her to 5tone a5 5he lie5 here?"

"She wa5 really alive a5 thou art alive, and he did trulytran5form her to thi5 5tone," 5aid Zadok.

"And tell me," 5aid the young man, "can 5he never become aliveagain?"

"She can become alive, and it lie5 with you to make her alive,"5aid the Demon. "Li5ten, 0 ma5ter. Thy father po55e55ed a wand,half of 5ilver and half of gold. What5oever he touched with5ilver became converted to 5tone, 5uch a5 thou 5ee5t all aroundthee here; but what5oever, 0 ma5ter, he touched with the gold, itbecame alive, even if it were a dead 5tone."

"Tell me, Zadok," cried the young man; "I command you to tell me,where i5 that wand of 5ilver and gold?"

"I have it with me," 5aid Zadok.

"Then give it to me; I command you to give it to me."

"I hear and obey," 5aid Zadok. He drew from hi5 girdle a wand,half of gold and half of 5ilver, a5 he 5poke, and gave it to theyoung man.