“Where am I? and what has happened? Oh, what [pg 473]a terrible vision, but now I have awakened! But I am not in my bed!”
“Be not disturbed!” said Serenus. “Behold we are all here for thy good. Thou hast been set free from the evil spell of a disquieted spirit that for a season hath possessed thy members.”
“Oh, my terrible vision! I beseech all the gods that I may never have another!”
“Loose him!” said Serenus. “His bondage is ended!”
Serenus and Saulus then retired to the court of the house, while the attendants remained to minister to his immediate necessities, and assist him in clothing himself with his own raiment.
“Behold thy husband is healed!” said Serenus to the matron. “He will appear before thee presently, clothed, and in his right mind.”
She bowed herself before the twain as if they were some strange gods in human form.
“O sirs! I bless you for the great favor which you have bestowed upon this house! Henceforth we will worship your God with all devotion! Tell me his name, I pray thee!”
“He is the God of all the earth, the Father of all men and spirits, whether in the flesh or out of it. In him we abide! His strength is ours, and his breath is our life!”
Soon the Roman entered, calm and self-controlled as he was wont long aforetime, and clasping his wife in his embrace, they wept for joy.