waist in token of possession; and taking a gold patera in his right hand, he drank to the Genius of Carthage.
Salammbo rose like her husband, with a cup in her hand, to drink also. She fell down again with her head lying over the back of the throne,-- pale, stiff, with parted lips,--and her loosened hair hung to the ground.
Thus died Hamilcar's daughter for having touched the mantle of Tanith.
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