AttheplayMarcolinedidnothingbutchatterwithBabetRangoni，whowantedmetobringthefairVenetiantoseeher，butIhadmyownreasonsfornotdoingso。
IwasthinkinghowIcouldsendMadamed’UrfetoLyons，forIhadnofurtheruseforheratMarseilles，andshewasoftenembarrassing。
Forinstance，onthethirddayafterherregeneration，sherequestedmetoaskParaliswhereshewastodie——thatis，tobebroughttobed。Imadetheoraclereplythatshemustsacrificetothewater—
spiritsonthebanksoftworivers，atthesamehour，andthatafterwardsthequestionofherlying—inwouldberesolved。TheoracleaddedthatImustperformthreeexpiatorysacrificestoSaturn，onaccountofmytooharshtreatmentofthefalseQuerilinthos，andthatSemiramisneednottakepartintheseceremonies，thoughsheherselfmustperformthesacrificestothewater—spirits。
AsIwaspretendingtothinkofaplacewheretworiversweresufficientlyneartoeachothertofulfiltherequirementsoftheoracle，SemiramisherselfsuggestedthatLyonswaswateredbytheRhoneandtheSaone，andthatitwouldbeanexcellentplacefortheceremony。Asmaybeimagined，Iimmediatelyagreedwithher。OnaskingParalisiftherewereanypreparationstobemade，herepliedthatitWouldbenecessarytopourabottleofsea—waterintoeachriverafortnightbeforethesacrifice，andthatthisceremonywastobeperformedbySemiramisinperson，atthefirstdiurnalhourofthemoon。