'But, fairest Hypatia, conceive yourself struck in the face by a great stone, several hundred howling wretches leaping up at you like wild beasts-two minutes more, and you are torn limb from limb. What would even you do in such a case?'
'Let them tear me limb from limb, and die as I have lived.'
'Ah, but-When it came to fact, and death was st