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"We did not walk all night We camped a little farther on, and ," she explained

He cast a reflective look at the sun and considered how much time

Julian of Ephesus had lost for hi he

had slept, that this pair, who had caht up with him

"Still it was a cruel journey--for those little feet," he said

She glanced involuntarily at her sandals, worn and dusty

"Yes," he said co her eyes "But let ood and burdened Momus with the flat of my

hand when he comes! What is he to you?"

"My servant--now al to cover the

tacit accusation that she had lance that she

eary "He orders all things for ood Do you think that each

of the stones over which I stumbled to-day did not hurt him worse

because they hurt o on, unless the

stake orth the pain I had to endure? Say no ed his shoulders; then noting that she still stood,

he smoothed down a spot of the sand with his foot, tossed upon it one

of the sheepskins that Mo his hand

politely pressed her down on the place he hadon his elbow

"What is the stake?" he asked after he had co that her defense of Momus had led her to

hint her mission and touch upon her husband's ambition