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"There is nothing to ehtly, while interest began to awaken in his eyes

"Theof enjoyment is here I have found it so"

"Perchance you have," but she halted and resuht

"Are you weary?" he asked "What is it?"

"Idleness! Eating, sleeping--no; not even that; for idleness steals

away my appetite and my repose"

"Strange restiveness for one reared in the quiet inner chambers of a

Jewish house," he observed

Her eyes dropped away to the floor; he saw that she was breathing

quickly

"I dreamed of a free life once," she said in a restrained way "I have

not since been satisfied I dreas, that were

s that I did!"

There was indignation and pride in the words, too much recollection of

an actuality to rise from the reh will happen here in time to divert you," he said

She made a motion with her hand that swept the round of masonry about

her

"Not until this falls"

"Come, then, up into my fortress and see my fellows from Gischala," he

offered "They fled with ether we came to this place They are hardened to disaster; they