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After a single ad survey of the hall in which he had been left

alone, the pretended Philadelphus fortified hiainst his most

critical test

Without a sound, without even so ar into the interior

of the house He confronted the only person in Jerusaleht

know him as an iure almost too

slender, yet perfect in its delicate h her eyes were

black, her hair was fair and brilliant with a wash of gold powder Her

features were Hellenic, cold, pure and classic, and for all her youth

and beauty there was an ate, iacity

The pretender braced himself for the scrutiny the eyes made of him

"You are that Philadelphus, as my servant tells me?" she asked

"I am he"

She inclined her head

"Welcome; in the name of all the need of you!"

After a silence he ca, but presently raised his eyes softened with feeling and

unexpressed appreciation

"Certainly you have suffered, lady," he said finally in a subdued

tone "But please God you will not suffer alone hereafter"

Aentler of speech than is co the Maccabees," she

said

"Nevertheless the Maccabees are the more touched by devotion," he

his wallet and laid it on the