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As if in response to his inner hope that she would see him, she raised

her eyes at the moment she passed, and started quickly Even under the

shelter of her veil he saw her flush

The next instant she was out of the synagogue and gone

The Maccabee hesitated restlessly, forgot his ue

and then, with no definite purpose, followed

At the edge of tohere the huddle of huts left off and the gravel

and rock and cedar began, he saw the priest dis and turn back

Undecided, restless and regretful, the Maccabee lingered, looking

after her as she went into the hills, unattended, except for an

anomalous old man The sun of noon shone on her silver dress that the