To help you
to it, remember one thing--we ask no new conditions." Benoni glanced
up quickly and the President added: "Those of which we have received a
copy, that you swore to and signed in the presence of Marcus the Roman,
are enough for us."
Now it was Miriam's turn to look, first up and then down. As for her
grandfather, he turned white with anger, and broke into a bitter laugh.
"Now I understand----"
"----that the arm of the Essenes is longer than you thought, since it
can reach from here to Rome," said the President.
"Ay! that you can plot with Romans. Well, be careful lest the sword
of these Romans prove longer than _you_ thought and reach even to your
hearts, O you peaceful dwellers in the desert!" Then, as though he
feared some answer, he added quickly, "I am minded to return and leave
this maiden with you to dispose of as you think fit. Yet I will not do
so, for she is very fair and gracious, and with the wealth that I can
give her, may fill some high place in the world. Also--and this is more
to me--I am old and draw near my end and she alone has my blood in her
veins. Therefore I will agree to all your terms, and take her home with
me to Tyre, trusting that she may learn to love me.
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