Thaïs by Anatole France

Etext prepared by Dagny, dagnyj@hotmail.com and John Bickers, jbickers@ihug.co.nz THAIS by ANATOLE FRANCE Translated By Robert B. Douglas CONTENTS PART I. THE LOTUS PART II. THE PAPYRUS THE BANQUET THE PAPYRUS (resumed) PART III. THE EUPHORBIA THAIS PART THE FIRST THE LOTUS In those days there were many hermits living in the desert. On both