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THE ROYAL DEVOTEE
as heinous offences, if practised by any but those
thus specially privileged; for in the profane heaven
of Hindoo superstition, the frailties of humanity are
sometimes mixed up with the enjoyments peculiar to
spiritual intelligences.
Having balanced all these and sundry other parti-
culars carefully in his mind, Youghal, in spite of the
yearnings of curiosity, came finally to the conclusion,
that he had better for the present keep the secret of
which he had become so fortunately possessed to
himself, and use it hereafter as occasion might war-
rant. Upon casting his eyes, however, on the atte-
nuated frame of his master, it suddenly occurred to
him, that if he were to utter the mysterious words
which would instantly disengage his essence from the
dross of clay by which it was encumbered, he might,
in place of aspiring to explore the regions above the
firmament, and these he did not feel much ambition
at present to survey, cause it to enter the uncon-
scious trunk of the regal Suniassi, and thus advance
himself to the dignity of immediate sovereignty, in-
stead of continuing in the humiliating capacity of a
bondman. He was transported at the idea, his brain
grew dizzy with rapture, and, under the excitement
of ambitious anticipations, he pronounced the awful
mandiram. He had no sooner ended the form of
incantation than a sickness overcame him, a palsy
seized his limbs, they gradually became powerless,
his head drooped, his tongue clove to the roof of his
mouth, his eyes closed, and his spirit, after a severe
but brief paroxysm, was disengaged, and transfused
THE ROYAL DEVOTEE
as heinous offences, if practised by any but those
thus specially privileged; for in the profane heaven
of Hindoo superstition, the frailties of humanity are
sometimes mixed up with the enjoyments peculiar to
spiritual intelligences.
Having balanced all these and sundry other parti-
culars carefully in his mind, Youghal, in spite of the
yearnings of curiosity, came finally to the conclusion,
that he had better for the present keep the secret of
which he had become so fortunately possessed to
himself, and use it hereafter as occasion might war-
rant. Upon casting his eyes, however, on the atte-
nuated frame of his master, it suddenly occurred to
him, that if he were to utter the mysterious words
which would instantly disengage his essence from the
dross of clay by which it was encumbered, he might,
in place of aspiring to explore the regions above the
firmament, and these he did not feel much ambition
at present to survey, cause it to enter the uncon-
scious trunk of the regal Suniassi, and thus advance
himself to the dignity of immediate sovereignty, in-
stead of continuing in the humiliating capacity of a
bondman. He was transported at the idea, his brain
grew dizzy with rapture, and, under the excitement
of ambitious anticipations, he pronounced the awful
mandiram. He had no sooner ended the form of
incantation than a sickness overcame him, a palsy
seized his limbs, they gradually became powerless,
his head drooped, his tongue clove to the roof of his
mouth, his eyes closed, and his spirit, after a severe
but brief paroxysm, was disengaged, and transfused