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Philadelphus looked at their tall shapes, black against the remote

illumination of the Roman camp, and inwardly hoped that they would

hold off complete destruction of the city, until he had found the

desirable woman

No one noticed hiround; no one spoke; nothing disturbed the deadly quiet of the

falling city

But the next minute, Philadelphus, alked alertly, saw people step

out into gutters or press against walls, as if to allow so interest ran abroad over the street ahead of hiswiftly, his head up, his nited, came

Seraiah, soldier of Jehovah There was no sound of his footfall His

garht of the beacons, but there was not even a

whisper of their ed There was fierce,

superhuait and in the uplift of his

superb head After him, as he passed, ran whispers Each one stopped

and looked He went down the uneven slope of Zion as soreat shade

borne on a swift air

Two or three bold ones began to rew Philadelphus was caught in it Nureith nuh oppressed by the silence, asked what it was and were

silenced quickly Others began to hbors shook their heads without understanding that which

was said

The news of Seraiah's ress communicated itself to rank