Now upon the rock there grew
a glory so bright that at the sight of it all the million of millions
abased their eyes. And from the glory pealed forth a voice of a trumpet,
that seemed to say:
"This is the end and the beginning, all things are accomplished in their
order, now is the day of Decision."
Then, in her dream, the sun turned red as blood and the stars seemed
to fall and winds shook the world, and darkness covered it, and in the
winds and the darkness were voices, and standing upon the rock, its arms
stretched east and west, a cross of fire, and filling the heavens above
the cross, company upon company of angels. This last vision of judgment
passed also and Miriam awoke again from her haunted, horror-begotten
sleep, to see the watch-fires of the Romans burning in the Court of
Women before her, and from the Court of Israel behind her, where they
were herded like cattle in the slaughterer's yard, to hear the groans of
the starving Jews who to-morrow were destined to the sword.
CHAPTER XVIII
THE DEATH-STRUGGLE OF ISRAEL
Now the light began to grow, but that morning no sun rose upon the sight
of the thousands who waited for its coming. The whole heaven was dark
with a gray mist that seemed to drift up in billows from the sea,
bringing with it a salt dampness.
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