Chapter 9

⁠​​​‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​⁠“Relate at large, my godlike guest,” she said,

“The Grecian stratagems,—the town betrayed!”

 DRYDEN: Virgil, AEneid, book ii.

Descending thence, they 'scaped!—Ibid.

A great improvement had taken place in the character of Augustus Tomlinson since Paul had last encountered that illustrious man. Then Augustus had affected the man of pleasure, the learned lounger about town, the all-accomplished Peri