Chapter

1001 II |              bravest of thy sons shall learn to bend their backs, chafed
1002    | least
1003 I  |               ornamented with bands of leather. A shield of gold, hanging
1004 I  |            after a time they had died, leaving him uninjured. The inanity
1005 I  |        whispered everywhere. Against a legion of soldiers she would have
1006 I  |              men had been bribed, what letters had been intercepted, and
1007 II |               from a plank placed on a level with their mouths. Their
1008 III|          tables were mountaineers from Liban and many of the old soldiers
1009 III|               by the Romans in pouring libations; and, advancing to the front
1010 II |             court. Heavy, round bronze lids, sunk in the stones of the
1011 II |             Marcellus, the proconsul’s lieutenant, followed by the publicans,
1012 II |              secret. His reluctance to lift the cover made Vitellius
1013 I  |               rosy flush over the sky, lighting up the stony shores, the
1014 III|            cheeks of the tetrarch.~The lights began to flicker and die
1015 II |               Mannaeus, who would have liked to strangle Iaokanann then
1016 III|                hues that enveloped her limbs when she stood erect, now
1017 II |             out, compressed within the limits of the gateway.~Vitellius
1018 III|         benefit of the proconsul, this line from a contemporaneous poet:~
1019 I  |                head was like that of a lion. As soon as he saw me, he
1020 III|             knees, suddenly swayed her lithe body downward, so that her
1021 I  |                suspected that he still lives!”~Mannaeus had already attended
1022 III|           maintained a silence at once lofty and respectful.~Several
1023 I  |           s-skin was wrapped about his loins, and his head was like that
1024 III|         miracles!”~Antipas expressed a long-cherished desire to see the man Jesus
1025 II |               at their confinement and longing to run.~Antipas, fearing
1026 I  |            excited,” said he, “then he longs to escape or talks about
1027 I  |               free.”~“One does not let loose a furious animal,” said
1028 II |                 and there is a risk of losing them by keeping them here.
1029 II |             Ammon with his sister, and Lot with his daughters?”~Aulus,
1030 II |       honeysuckle vine, cramped by the low-studded ceiling, blossomed bravely.
1031 II |              defend her. The Pharisees lowered their eyes hypocritically.
1032 II |           family; and as for the noble Lucius, now his honoured guest,
1033 III|                Then he showed them the lugubrious object, still resting on
1034 I  |             The structure shone like a luminous mountain, and its radiant
1035 III|             cubes of snow and heaps of luscious grapes. Through the large
1036 I  |                which seemed almost too luxuriant, since from time to time
1037 II |              he cursed Antipas for his luxurious gardens, his statues, his
1038 III|              or like the Bacchantes of Lydia. She whirled about like
1039 II |            proved to be a human being, lying on the ground. His long
1040 I  |                thine! The first of the Maccabees drove thy people out of
1041 III|              the voluptuous sighs of a mad desire, he sighed: “Come
1042 II |             one occasion, they said, a mad-man went seeking in a cave near
1043 I  |               impossible to grasp, was maddening! Herodias strode to and
1044 III|              seemed to emit streams of magnetism, that set the spectators’
1045 III|               be vanquished by Gog and Magog, the demons of the North;
1046 II |               bidding of Gentiles, thy maidens shall be forced to cease
1047 III|               and that of the priests, maintained a silence at once lofty
1048 II |           before the insignia of Roman majesty.~The gorgeous litter, borne
1049 I  |                in my direction all the maledictions of the prophets. His eyes
1050 II |             untouched. As he spoke, he managed to get in advance of the
1051 I  |             were to be expected in the management of political intrigues;
1052 I  |              of the land stewards, the manager of the salt mines, and a
1053 III|     embroidered in a pattern of silver mandragoras, and as she moved forward
1054 II |               with their mouths. Their manes had been coloured a deep
1055 II |               treasure was a veritable mania among the Romans.~The tetrarch
1056 III|              coming of this Saviour of mankind had been expected at any
1057 II |             place against brigands and marauders, especially the Arabs. Many
1058 III|                  Let some one bring me marble-dust,” he commanded, “or clay
1059 II |              didst neigh to him like a mare. Thou didst prepare thy
1060 III|              couch when the gnomon had marked the third hour, the same
1061 II |                  the law condemns such marriages but does not actually forbid
1062 II |               was necessary for him to marry his brother’s wife; but
1063 III|             sick. It was said that the marvellous plant known as “baaras”
1064 III|            with his description of the marvels in the temple of Hierapolis;
1065 I  |            hand to push back the heavy masses. The parasol half hid the
1066 I  |                 after the fashion of a masseur at the bath. Although emaciated,
1067 I  |           arriving in advance of their masters.~Suddenly, at the foot of
1068 III|              the loss of his son would mean the loss of his fortune.~
1069 II |                advanced three steps to meet her. She saluted him with
1070 I  |        interviews in the atrium; their meetings at the baths; their walks
1071 II |       brilliant shade of blue; grapes, melons, and pyramids of pomegranates.
1072 II |               recollection pierced the memory of the tetrarch.~“Is that
1073 II |             David seemed to him like a menace to himself.~Iaokanann then
1074 II |                opening of the pit; the mention of the existence of a son
1075 III|           admiration of the planets. A merchant from Aphaka amazed the nomads
1076 III|              who were indignant that a mere slave should dare to delay
1077 III|              that there were to be two Messiahs; one would be vanquished
1078 III|              as a butterfly; her whole mien was like that of an inquisitive
1079 II |             confided to him any of his military projects. He said he supposed
1080 II |              single obol. Fountains of milk shall spring from the rocks;
1081 III|                 dormice, nightingales, mince-meat dressed with vine-leaves.
1082 I  |                the manager of the salt mines, and a Jew from Babylon,
1083 II |            Algol was even less bright; Mira-Cetus had disappeared entirely;
1084 II |                others.~Vitellius had a misgiving that the prisoner might
1085 II |          coquetry shall disappear, and missiles shall be found wherewith
1086 III|             men who had been sent on a mission by Iaokanann some time before,
1087 I  |              upon the floor behind his mistress. Herodias sank upon them,
1088 III|              felt under the baptism of Mithra, and Jacob made him promise
1089 III|               crowned with an Assyrian mitre, which was held in place
1090 III|              Vitellius compared her to Mnester, the famous pantomimist.
1091 II |              the light!~“And thou too, Moab! hide thyself in the midst
1092 III|          frightful. Their God was like Moloch, several altars to whom
1093 III|                  We shall have no more money if this continues,” said
1094 III|            gallery, stood a huge stone monster, like those of Atrides;
1095 II |              From the beginning of the month, he said, he had been studying
1096 III|              of Herodias, who for many months her mother had caused to
1097 II |              no longer visible. As the moon rose, the effect of the
1098 I  |              overtures, the pair gazed morosely at each other.~The mountain
1099 III|            poet:~Nec crescit, nec post mortem durare videtur.~By this
1100 I  |                Mount of Gerizim, which Moses had designed to be the centre
1101 III|                who for many months her mother had caused to be instructed
1102 II |              shoes with their heels of mother-of-pearl, that serve to increase
1103 II |            Beside the corpses of their mothers, thy little ones shall drag
1104 I  |              Jews.~Their temple on the Mount of Gerizim, which Moses
1105 III|            Seated at other tables were mountaineers from Liban and many of the
1106 II |           mules entered the courtyard, mounted by men in priestly garb.
1107 II |           placed on a level with their mouths. Their manes had been coloured
1108 II |              sinks into the sand as it moves; like an abortion that never
1109 I  |              as impassive as that of a mummy.~“Where is he?” demanded
1110 II |                possessed in his castle munitions of war sufficient for forty
1111 I  |             fro in his gloomy dungeon, murmuring, ‘In order that His glory
1112 III|            prophet is dead—” he began.~Murmurs interrupted him. Many persons
1113 II |           brought asphalt for Antipas; Naaman, captain of his troops of
1114 III|                air of almost childlike naivete, pronounced these words:~“
1115 I  |              Instantly a man appeared, naked to the waist, after the
1116 II |              under their arms.~Antipas named to Vitellius the principle
1117 III|             then stood motionless.~The nape of her neck formed a right
1118 I  |              Herodias, who watched him narrowly.~“Who is that maiden?” the
1119 II |                honour and glory of the nation; that the Athenians had
1120 III|                the principles of their native religion. A German, who
1121 III|             his neighbours.~There was, naturally, much talk of Iaokanann,
1122 III|              the centre of the largest nave and prayed aloud, with uplifted
1123 III|               This apartment had three naves, like a basilica, which
1124 III|              he commanded, “or clay of Naxos, sea-water—anything! Perhaps
1125 III|          confirm the law, whereas this Nazarene attacked it. Furthermore,
1126 I  |             Galilee,—Capernaum, Endor, Nazareth, Tiberias—whither it might
1127 II |         striking right and left. Those nearest the gates made their escape
1128 III|            religion. A German, who was nearly blind, sang a hymn celebrating
1129 III|             carefully arranged rows; a necklace of sapphires gleamed against
1130 I  |          Before Phanuel could reply, a Negro entered the room in great
1131 I  |            cherished since the days of Nehemiah, the best policy was to
1132 II |                of thy feet. Thou didst neigh to him like a mare. Thou
1133 III|                the conversation of his neighbours.~There was, naturally, much
1134 II |               even venomous.~But now a new tumult arose just within
1135 III|          guests with kidneys, dormice, nightingales, mince-meat dressed with
1136 III|               and the men from Galilee nodded wisely, saying: “It is evident
1137 III|            alert as dogs, glided about noiselessly in felt sandals, carrying
1138    | none
1139 III|               Magog, the demons of the North; but the other would exterminate
1140 II |             Eleazar, who had a crooked nose and a long beard, put forth
1141 III|             beards, feeble hands, snub noses, great round eyes, and their
1142 I  |               upon her small mouth. He noted that her figure swayed about
1143 III|                Presently the plaintive notes of the gingras, a small
1144 II |           Sadducees to the proconsul’s notice.~Jonathas, a man of low
1145 III|         priestesses of India, like the Nubians of the cataracts, or like
1146 I  |             twenty cubits high, having numerous angles and ornamental towers
1147 II |               crushed more easily than nut-shells; the walls shall crumble;
1148 III|               attitudes of the dancing nymph now denoted overpowering
1149 I  |              had been quite gentle and obedient. After he had been thrown
1150 II |              The tetrarch hesitated to obey, fearing that the Jews would
1151 II |         abomination.”~“You are wrong,” objected Jonathas the Sadducee; “
1152 II |          silver will not cost a single obol. Fountains of milk shall
1153 I  |                shone like a sun in the obscurity of the apartment. Antipas
1154 III|          attention was divided between observing the movements of the proconsul
1155 II |       denounced Pontius Pilate. On one occasion, they said, a mad-man went
1156 II |             them, while Vitellius, who occupied a raised seat within the
1157 III|                the right, the tetrarch occupying the middle couch.~Antipas
1158 II |                of great importance, to occur that very night in Machaerus.~
1159    | off
1160 II |                their heads, fearing to offend the proconsul should they
1161 III|            were seated his priests and officers; also a number of persons
1162 III|              be splashed with drops of oil if he approached the other
1163 III|          vulture’s claws, seizing upon olives, pistachios, and almonds.
1164 II |               chosen him to direct the Olympian games; that he had built
1165 II |             distances. The first vault opened contained old armour; the
1166 I  |        tetrarch might listen to public opinion after a time, and persuade
1167 III|              filigree, was at one end, opposite an immense arch at the other.~
1168 I  |               is one of these. If thou oppress him, thou shalt be punished!”~“
1169 I  |               an overwhelming sense of oppression at the sight of the desert,
1170 I  |       eclipsing even its suggestion of opulence and pride.~Mannaeus stretched
1171 III|               that he laughed at their oracles.~Marcellus and Jacob were
1172 II |             himself at the proconsul’s orders. Of a surety, the proconsul’
1173 III|                 and if he were only an ordinary man, his murder was of no
1174 I  |             having numerous angles and ornamental towers that stood out like
1175 II |           polished silver, thy fans of ostrich plumes, thy shoes with their
1176    | our
1177 II |         youthful woman, as graceful in outline as if carved from ivory
1178 I  |                circle of a wall, whose outlines undulated with the unevenness
1179 I  |          indifference towards palpable outrages to his dignity, his weakness
1180 III|        perspiring brow, and both hands outspread on his stomach.~The Sadducees
1181 III|              after he had relieved his over-burdened stomach, was as eager to
1182 III|          famous pantomimist. Aulus was overcome with faintness. The tetrarch
1183 I  |          jewels in this crown of stone overhanging an abyss.~Within the high
1184 III|             enraged proconsul, who had overheard the Syrian’s words.~In the
1185 III|              dancing nymph now denoted overpowering lassitude. Her bosom heaved
1186 I  |           repulse of his wife’s tender overtures, the pair gazed morosely
1187 II |               of a group of the enemy, overturning men and biting them savagely
1188 I  |               vague unrest; he felt an overwhelming sense of oppression at the
1189 I  |              presence, it appeared. He paid no further heed to her anger,
1190 II |              were silent, waiting with painful anticipation for what might
1191 III|              flaming flowers among the painted cups, the plates of shining
1192 I  |       crumbling ampitheatres or ruined palaces. The hot wind brought an
1193 I  |                of the earth. His cheek paled. After an instant’s hesitation,
1194 III|                Jesus.~The wines of the palm and the tamarisk, those
1195 III|                herdsmen, the Sultan of Palmyra, and sailors from Eziongaber.
1196 I  |               his indifference towards palpable outrages to his dignity,
1197 III|                At the same moment, the panels of the gold-railed balcony
1198 I  |             was covered with dust, and panted so violently that he could
1199 III|             her to Mnester, the famous pantomimist. Aulus was overcome with
1200 III|               alive, beheaded Zozimus, Pappus, Josephus, and Antipater;
1201 II |              were bound small bands of parchment, showing lines of writing.~
1202 I  |       political intrigues; they were a part of the fatal inheritance
1203 II |         heavily; while the woman, with parted lips, gazed into the darkness
1204 II |                 Their faces were dark, particularly those of the Pharisees,
1205 III|              of the proscribed tribes, partisans of Mattathias, accused the
1206 II |         movements as they attempted to pass through the throng; and
1207 II |                sure-footed among rocky passes, and would jump fearlessly
1208 III|                held in place by a band passing under the chin. Her dark
1209 III|              very delirium of love and passion. She danced like the priestesses
1210 I  |                driving their flocks to pasture; children urged heavy-laden
1211 III|                her hands she carried a patera, a shallow vessel of silver
1212 II |               of the cavern. A winding path descended and turned abruptly.
1213 I  |               each other.~The mountain paths began to show signs of life.
1214 II |           honour of Augustus; had been patient, ingenious, terrible; and
1215 I  |                all the contempt of the patrician for the plebeian, the hatred
1216 I  |          incapable of feeling any true patriotism.” She added that, as for
1217 III|            silk, were embroidered in a pattern of silver mandragoras, and
1218 III|               front of the balcony and pausing just above the tetrarch’
1219 I  |             who danced upon these very pavements? Take her back! Go and live
1220 II |                the people to refuse to pay the tax!”~“Is that true?”
1221 II |          passed away, and a feeling of peace entered his heart.~Phanuel,
1222 I  |               was built upon a conical peak of basalt, and was surrounded
1223 I  |       troublesome matter.~The mountain peaks surrounding the palace,
1224 II |        descended a youth. He wore many pearls upon his fingers, but he
1225 II |                Those that bent over to peer into the cavern beheld a
1226 III|                domination over all the peoples of the earth. Certain persons
1227 I  |                been able only dimly to perceive. Several tents could now
1228 I  |             anathema at the city, with perfect faith that eventually his
1229 I  |              that she was, in reality, perfectly happy. She reminded Antipas
1230 III|               That is a lie! Jesus has performed miracles!”~Antipas expressed
1231 II |                a porphyry vase and the perfume of powders, unguents, cloud-like
1232 II |             women and eunuchs carrying perfumed torches set in sockets of
1233 I  |              against themselves, and a permanent injustice. Mannaeus, indeed,
1234 I  |              the two men who had asked permission to visit his dungeon a few
1235 I  |             mysterious influence, more pernicious and powerful than the sword,
1236 II |              of slender reeds, laid in perpendicular rows. Those of the fourth
1237 III|                upon whose face shone a perpetual smile. Aulus had found him
1238 I  |          punished!”~“But it is he that persecutes me!” exclaimed Antipas. “
1239 II |              when the constellation of Perseus was at the zenith; Agalah
1240 II |                Vitellius the principle personages surrounding them: Tolmai,
1241 II |        Herod-Antipas. He was no longer personally responsible for the fate
1242 III|        radiance; and the tiny drops of perspiration on her forehead looked like
1243 III|            pavilion, with pale face, a perspiring brow, and both hands outspread
1244 III|          returned, in a state of great perturbation.~During forty years he had
1245 II |             ears was puffed out like a peruke. As they stood quietly eating,
1246 I  |             palace, looking like great petrified waves, the black depths
1247 III|       resurrection. Ammonius, pupil of Philon, the Platonist, pronounced
1248 III|              gingras, a small flute of Phoenician origin, replaced the tinkling
1249 I  |             his weakness regarding the Phoenicians, who had been false to him,
1250 II |               the sword. Jackals shall pick thy bones in the public
1251 III|       attendants upon the priests, who picked up their living from the
1252 II |               which is now worth sixty pieces of silver will not cost
1253 II |             out. A sudden recollection pierced the memory of the tetrarch.~“
1254 II |                 the second was full of pikes, with long points emerging
1255 I  |               the desert, whose uneven piles of sand suggested crumbling
1256 III|           wished to know the cost of a pilgrimage to that place. Others held
1257 II |              the governors in order to pillage the provinces. Sisenna was
1258 II |               formed into vaults, with pillars set at regular distances.
1259 II |              his face was covered with pimples. A cup of aromatic wine
1260 II |              nails; poisoned javelins; pincers resembling the jaws of crocodiles;
1261 III|            claws, seizing upon olives, pistachios, and almonds. Every face
1262 II |                thy bones in the public places, where at eventide the fathers
1263 I  |             Several tents could now be plainly seen; men carrying spears
1264 III|               disappear.~Presently the plaintive notes of the gingras, a
1265 III|                and feminine wiles. The plan had proved successful, it
1266 III|          express his admiration of the planets. A merchant from Aphaka
1267 II |              were eating barley from a plank placed on a level with their
1268 I  |       celebrating his birthday, he had planned to bring together, at a
1269 III|               said that the marvellous plant known as “baaras” grew even
1270 III|              the gilded balcony upon a platform of sycamore wood. Rich tapestries
1271 III|         Ammonius, pupil of Philon, the Platonist, pronounced them stupid,
1272 III|            little fellow sprang up and played about the dining-table,
1273 III|       Accusations, recriminations, and pleadings were heard on all sides.~“
1274 III|       disappeared. The feast no longer pleased the noble glutton; the dishes
1275 III|             dancing, and other arts of pleasing, with the sole idea of bringing
1276 III|             should dare to delay their pleasures.~Again Mannaeus left the
1277 I  |               of the patrician for the plebeian, the hatred of Jacob for
1278 III|            gleamed against his throat, plump and white as that of a woman.
1279 I  |               to the abyss, were still plunged in darkness. A light mist
1280 III|            line from a contemporaneous poet:~Nec crescit, nec post mortem
1281 I  |             dawn. En-gedi, the central point of the group, threw a deep
1282 II |               full of pikes, with long points emerging from tufts of feathers.
1283 I  |         sycamore wood, upon which tall poles had been erected to support
1284 I  |             days of Nehemiah, the best policy was to suppress him.~The
1285 II |               thy brow, thy mirrors of polished silver, thy fans of ostrich
1286 I  |          expected in the management of political intrigues; they were a part
1287 II |                if carved from ivory by Polyclitus. With a movement a little
1288 I  |              the tetrarch was weary of pondering on this troublesome matter.~
1289 I  |           Essenians to the King. These poor people, clad only in linen,
1290 III|             that the whole surrounding population was flocking to the castle.
1291 II |               of cinnamon burning in a porphyry vase and the perfume of
1292 I  |                opening and closing and portieres were swaying as if in a
1293 III|               the air. In this bizarre pose she moved about upon the
1294 II |                 in short, the tetrarch possessed in his castle munitions
1295 II |            medallion had come into her possession.~“It was given to me,” was
1296 II |                 and through him it was possible that Antipas might be able
1297 III| contemporaneous poet:~Nec crescit, nec post mortem durare videtur.~By
1298 III|           silver used by the Romans in pouring libations; and, advancing
1299 III|            spread out like a fan; blue powder had been scattered over
1300 II |                vase and the perfume of powders, unguents, cloud-like gauzes
1301 II |               which excited them; they pranced about, impatient at their
1302 III|                of the largest nave and prayed aloud, with uplifted arms.~
1303 II |           chamber gave directly upon a precipice, which formed a defence
1304 III|          conspicuous man that had been predicted to him by Phanuel,—what
1305 II |                like a mare. Thou didst prepare thy bed on the mountain
1306 I  |               cords, the soldiers were prepared to stab him if he resisted,
1307 III|          bringing her to Machaerus and presenting her to the tetrarch, so
1308 III|               guest’s agony. Vitellius preserved a calm demeanour, although
1309 II |             invectives against him for presuming to aspire to royalty.~“There
1310 III|             his stomach.~The Sadducees pretended to be deeply moved at the
1311 III|          stronger argument against the pretender, it had been promised that
1312 I  |                in Italy but who had no pretensions to power.~Antipas was waiting
1313 I  |               the Parthians. Under the pretext of celebrating his birthday,
1314 III|                with legs crossed was a pretty white boy, upon whose face
1315 II |             for the mantle of the high priest, held in the tower of Antonia
1316 III|           passion. She danced like the priestesses of India, like the Nubians
1317 II |           courtyard, mounted by men in priestly garb. These were the Sadducees
1318 III|            other would exterminate the Prince of Evil; and for centuries
1319 II |         Antipas named to Vitellius the principle personages surrounding them:
1320 III|                Others held fast to the principles of their native religion.
1321 III|                accustomed to a life of privation and abstinence, the Roman
1322 II |                unjust laws, asking for privileges, or begging for alms. They
1323 II |       Vitellius replied that he should probably go to Jerusalem soon.~Eleazar,
1324 II |               Antipas might be able to procure for the proconsul very substantial
1325 II |           medallion, ornamented with a profile of Tiberius. The sight of
1326 I  |         Phanuel tried to persuade him, promising, as a guaranty of the honesty
1327 III|                a hymn celebrating that promontory in Scandinavia where the
1328 II |              in the vault had been the property of his father, and he had
1329 II |             did not speak of Phanuel’s prophecy, nor of his own fear of
1330 III|         questions to Jacob.~“Since the prophet is dead—” he began.~Murmurs
1331 III|             Pharisees, children of the proscribed tribes, partisans of Mattathias,
1332 III|              them, being only slightly protected by some of the Sadducees.
1333 II |               the seventh, greaves for protecting the legs in battle; the
1334 III|         himself behind the tetrarch as protection in case any unexpected trouble
1335 III|               never could remember his protege’s Chaldean name, called
1336 I  |           which the war had continued. Protracted anxiety had visibly aged
1337 II |              his fingers, but he had a protruding abdomen and his face was
1338 III|             Several voices exclaimed: “Prove his power to us!”~Jacob
1339 II |                in order to pillage the provinces. Sisenna was among the most
1340 III|            like that of an inquisitive Psyche, or a floating spirit that
1341 III|             representatives from Cana, Ptolemais, and Jericho. Seated at
1342 II |            their number, Sisenna.”~The publican drew a writing-tablet from
1343 II |            hair between their ears was puffed out like a peruke. As they
1344 II |             chamber, he was met by the pungent odour of cinnamon burning
1345 II |                a woman in travail! The punishment of heaven has already visited
1346 III|                resurrection. Ammonius, pupil of Philon, the Platonist,
1347 I  |            towards Gilead, in order to purchase some of the balm for which
1348 I  |               marble and the plates of purest gold that formed its roof.
1349 I  |              mountain, and its radiant purity indicated something almost
1350 III|           allurements. She appeared to pursue him, with movements light
1351 I  |          courtyard. Many of these were purveyors to the tetrarch; others
1352 I  |             she raised a small hand to push back the heavy masses. The
1353 I  |                many of the people were putting on their raiment. Standing
1354 II |              blue; grapes, melons, and pyramids of pomegranates. At this
1355 II |            soon as Jacim entered their quarters, they trotted up to him,
1356 II |             attempting to reply to the query of the proconsul. But Aulus
1357 II |             touching directly upon the question of the coveted offices of
1358 III|                judge, proceeded to put questions to Jacob.~“Since the prophet
1359 II |                 still bore their name. Questors and consuls were innumerable
1360 I  |              fear of him now,” was the quick reply. “He will go straight
1361 I  |               eyes kindled, his breath quickened. All this was not lost upon
1362 I  |              resisted, but he had been quite gentle and obedient. After
1363 I  |           little too large for beauty, quivered with triumph, and her face
1364 II |            contained nothing but empty quivers; the seventh, greaves for
1365 III|            eyes had an almost terrible radiance; and the tiny drops of perspiration
1366 I  |             luminous mountain, and its radiant purity indicated something
1367 I  |           people were putting on their raiment. Standing on a hillock,
1368 III|             surrounded her face like a rainbow. Her lips were tinted a
1369 I  |                head for a moment; then raising it quickly, said in a tone
1370 III|            anger knew no bounds. Aulus rallied them jeeringly apropos of
1371 III|                of Safed and of Byblos, ran from the amphoras into the
1372 III|             thrilling chords of a harp rang through the hall, and the
1373 II |               along the corridors with rapid steps. Presently he halted
1374 III|          Phanuel, who received it with rapture.~Then he showed them the
1375    | rather
1376 I  |                could be heard, and the rattle of silver plates and dishes.
1377 II |           force of habit, he emitted a raucous cry, which excited them;
1378 III|                an old man, a flight of ravens above his head, standing
1379 III|               of people swarmed in the ravine; and from all throats came
1380 II |               through the throng, and, reaching Mannaeus, she leant one
1381 III|            stood beside his chair, and read his master’s thoughts. Vitellius
1382 I  |                to divine the future by reading the stars, had succeeded
1383 I  |             more, and that she was, in reality, perfectly happy. She reminded
1384 I  |           front, and the fourth in the rear. At the base of the citadel,
1385 II |        disdainful indulgence, tried to reassure him. At last she took from
1386 III|              only disappeared.~Eleazar rebuked those who had interrupted
1387 III|             had descended the steps to receive it. She remounted to the
1388 III|                message to Phanuel, who received it with rapture.~Then he
1389 III|           either side of the pavilion, reclined Vitellius, his son Aulus,
1390 II |                  The tetrarch suddenly recoiled from the opening of the
1391 II |                counted the horses, and recorded the number carefully.~It
1392 III|            fortune.~But Aulus, quickly recovering after he had relieved his
1393 III|                Pharisees.~Accusations, recriminations, and pleadings were heard
1394 II |           Behind them came an imposing red litter, decorated with plumes
1395 II |                He spoke of the world’s redemption from sin and sorrow; of
1396 III|              Mannaeus, having entirely regained his courage, placed the
1397 I  |                them!” she cried; “Dost regret the loss of the Arab girl
1398 II |                flowing locks. Jonathas regretted that he had raised his voice
1399 II |            vaults, with pillars set at regular distances. The first vault
1400 I  |             waiting for assistance and reinforcements from the Romans, but as
1401 I  |                 The love she sought to rekindle had died long ago. He thought
1402 II |           proconsul would discover his relations with the Parthians. Several
1403 III|                recovering after he had relieved his over-burdened stomach,
1404 II |               discover his secret. His reluctance to lift the cover made Vitellius
1405 II |              and an examination of the remaining vaults disclosed forks,
1406 II |               feigned not to hear this remark. The fortune of the father
1407 III|           suite, but as he never could remember his protege’s Chaldean name,
1408 I  |          reality, perfectly happy. She reminded Antipas of their former
1409 III|               steps to receive it. She remounted to the balcony, with a light
1410 II |          Babylon, and scourge thyself! Remove thy girdle and thy shoes,
1411 II |               the dyer’s vat. He shall rend you, as with a harrow; He
1412 III|          Machaerus, the power of which rendered its consumer invulnerable
1413 I  |             Way, and the sweet evening rendezvous at the villa, among the
1414 I  |            caressed him fondly.~But he repelled her soft advances. The love
1415 III|            flute of Phoenician origin, replaced the tinkling bells. The
1416 II |        daughters?”~Aulus, who had been reposing within the palace, now reappeared
1417 III|              the tetrarch, and various representatives from Cana, Ptolemais, and
1418 I  |          hatred of Jacob for Esau, she reproached him for his indifference
1419 I  |             himself it was his duty to repudiate her. Then, indeed, all would
1420 I  |               of whom the tetrarch had repudiated in order to wed Herodias,
1421 I  |         Herodias. After the tetrarch’s repulse of his wife’s tender overtures,
1422 II |                him with complaints and requests, but he soon dismissed them
1423 III|              their countenances bore a resemblance to that of a bull-dog. A
1424 III|             use of which the Pharisees reserved strictly for services in
1425 I  |             prepared to stab him if he resisted, but he had been quite gentle
1426 III|                 Suddenly violent blows resounded upon the castle gates. The
1427 I  |         commanding a certain degree of respect.~“What is the important
1428 II |               he demanded. The general response was affirmative, Antipas
1429 II |               was no longer personally responsible for the fate of Iaokanann.
1430 III|              his hair, and on his head rested a diadem covered with precious
1431 III|                 When order was finally restored, he draped his mantle about
1432 III|      themselves regarding the supposed resurrection. Ammonius, pupil of Philon,
1433 II |                the other determined to retain those offices. Their faces
1434 III|                at last she was sure of retaining her power over him!~And
1435 II |           courtyard itself.~At last he retired to the apartments assigned
1436 I  |            exclaimed Herodias. And she retold the story of her humiliation
1437 III|            impious than thou!” Antipas retorted. “Was it not my father that
1438 II |                of the young Aulus, now returning to his own domain, since
1439 III|                of lightning illumined, revealing the idolatrous priests that
1440 III|              her, lost in a voluptuous reverie, and thought no more of
1441 I  |                he has done nothing but revile me. And I was not severe
1442 III|              filled him with pride and revived his courage.~He placed the
1443 III|               took dainty steps to the rhythm of a flute and a pair of
1444 III|              Salome, who paused in her rhythmic dance, placed her feet wide
1445 I  |              palace, adorned with many richly carved arches, and surrounded
1446 III|            chin. Her dark hair fell in ringlets over a scarlet peplum with
1447 I  |           palace led the horses to the river to drink. The wayfarers
1448 I  |             and buried deeper than the river-bed of the slow-running Jordan.~
1449 III|             and the excited spectators roared their applause.~The tetrarch
1450 I  |             with the mysterious air of robbers conspiring at the cross-roads.
1451 III|                each guest was placed a roll of soft bread, upon which
1452 I  |            purest gold that formed its roof. The structure shone like
1453 I  |                 in the background, was round-topped like a dome; Eschol had
1454 II |             for presuming to aspire to royalty.~“There is no other king
1455 III|            Antipas observed that Aulus rubbed himself under the arms,
1456 I  |            distant mountains of Judea, rugged and grey in the early dawn.
1457 III|             Iaokanann!”~“That man will ruin everything,” said Jonathas.~“
1458 II |                locks hung over a camel’s-hair robe that covered his shoulders.
1459 I  |             ashes! Drink curdled sheep’s-milk! Kiss her dark cheeks—and
1460 I  |              to the gathering. A camel’s-skin was wrapped about his loins,
1461 I  |           baths; their walks along the Sacred Way, and the sweet evening
1462 III|         children and offered them as a sacrifice. His Latin nature was filled
1463 II |                order to accomplish thy sacrifices!~“The Lord shall take from
1464 II |                  objected Jonathas the Sadducee; “the law condemns such
1465 III|             and the tamarisk, those of Safed and of Byblos, ran from
1466 III|             the Sultan of Palmyra, and sailors from Eziongaber. Before
1467 I  |           stewards, the manager of the salt mines, and a Jew from Babylon,
1468 II |     distinguish the excavations of the salt-mines at the farther end of the
1469 I  |              acclamations with a grave salute, he entered the castle.~
1470 II |           three steps to meet her. She saluted him with an inclination
1471 II |            went seeking in a cave near Samaria for the golden vases that
1472 I  |               the invectives.~When the Samaritan had become somewhat calmer,
1473 I  |          enveloped her, falling to her sandaled feet. Having left her chamber
1474 III|              about noiselessly in felt sandals, carrying dishes to and
1475 III|                separated by columns of sandalwood, whose capitals were of
1476 III|          German, who was nearly blind, sang a hymn celebrating that
1477 III|           arranged rows; a necklace of sapphires gleamed against his throat,
1478 III|               honoured. He flung other sarcasms at them, regarding their
1479 II |             hundred of these people to Sardinia. Presently the Jews became
1480 III|                thought of the widow of Sarepta.~Jacob then declared that
1481 III|               not perform a commission satisfactorily. He left the hall but soon
1482 II |           rocks; men shall sleep, well satisfied, among the wine-presses.
1483 II |               I shall cry aloud like a savage bear, like the wild ass,
1484 II |        overturning men and biting them savagely as they fell. They were
1485 III|           centuries the coming of this Saviour of mankind had been expected
1486 I  |             wore a cutlass in a bronze scabbard. His bushy hair, gathered
1487 II |             palace. The Pharisees were scandalised at what they had heard.
1488 III|         celebrating that promontory in Scandinavia where the gods were wont
1489 III|              could be distinguished. A scarf of shot-silk fell from her
1490 III|                fell in ringlets over a scarlet peplum with slashed sleeves.
1491 II |                with a harrow; He shall scatter the remains of your bodies
1492 II |                by the recent agitating scenes, remained beside the tetrarch.
1493 II |               glittering diamonds, the scent of thy hair, the tint of
1494 I  |               be feared from Agrippa’s scheming.~“The dungeons of Tiberias
1495 II |                them: Tolmai, Kanthera, Schon, Ammonius of Alexandria,
1496 II |               fourth were covered with scimitars. In the middle of the fifth
1497 III|                 whose capitals were of sculptured bonze. On each side of the
1498 I  |              Arabs, the Gauls, and the Scythians. His work must be extended
1499 III|          commanded, “or clay of Naxos, sea-water—anything! Perhaps it would
1500 II |             buried treasure of Herod!”~Searching for buried treasure was