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She halted suddenly on the edge of tears The Maccabee, astonished and

moved, looked at her in silence This, then, hat even the women

of the shut chambers of Palestine expected of him--if he freed Judea!

If such spirit prevailed over the arht he not achieve with their help! The Maccabee felt

confidence and enthusiasm fill his heart to the full He rose

"Our bloill never weaken nor our hearts grow faint," he said, "if

we have such eloquence and such beauty to inspire us"

She drew back a little His persistent happiness ofheart at that moment He noted her sudden relapse

into dejection, with disappointment

"Do not be sad," he said "Discomforts do not last for ever"

"It is not that," she said in a low voice "I have buried beloved dead

on this journey and I have surrendered all er"

There was the silence of arrested thought The Maccabee was taken

aback and embarrassed He felt that he was an intruder But even the

flush on her face in restraining emotion made her loveliness more than

ever winsoenuineness of his sympathy he was not too moved to feel that her hand

warmed under his clasp

"The difference between a fool and a blunderer," he said contritely,

"is that the blunderer is always sorry for his ht to refuse another his hour to weep"