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Laodice raised her head

"You reason well," she said "It never occurred to me hoickedness

could justify itself by reason But I observe no serviceable a

thing it is It seems that you can reason away any truth, any fact,

any ideal Perhaps you can banish God by reason, or defend crime by

reason; reason, I shall not be surprised to learn, can s

possible or i

voice in you, which s call conscience? Tell me; have you

reasoned till it ceases to rebuke you?"

"Ah, how hard you are to accommodate," Amaryllis smiled "I mean to

show you how you can abide here I can ask no more of John

Philadelphus alone is e

you before I sought to change Philadelphus He will not change so long

as you are beautiful This is life, azed ide, terrorized eyes at the Greek She saw force

gathering against her Amaryllis shaped her device to its end

"And if you do not accept this shelter," she concluded, "what else is

there for you?"

Hesper, irl

"There is another in Jerusalem ill help me," she declared

"And that one?" Amaryllis asked coolly

"Is he who calls himself Hesper, the Ephesian," Laodice answered

"Why should you trust him?" the Greek asked pointedly

"He--when Philadelphus--you remember that Philadelphus told you what