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"And that caht I journeyed away from Jerusalem, without

you," she declared "But,herself

a little that she ainst my conscience, I had been by this time wholly white"

He kissed her

"I did not expect you to stay," he said "I knew fro

that you would not Ask Joseph He will bear me out"

Low on the slope of the hill, the shepherd approached, calling his

sheep that trailed after hie, the sheep-dog, ca them, old Momus, bent and broken, stood

before them Laodice hurriedly dreay from her husband's clasp It

was a habit she had never entirely shaken off, whenever the mute

appeared, in spite of the old man's pathetic dumb protest

He handed a linen scroll to his master

It read: The captives whom thou hast asked for freedom at Cæsar's hand are

this day sent to thee, Philadelphus, under escort They should

reach thee a little later than this er However, it is

Cæsar's pain to inform thee that the Greek Amaryllis as well as

the actress Salome were not to be found Julian of Ephesus, who