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His face brightened with resolution, and he clapped his hands. "The horses and quickly!" he said to the Arab who answered the signal. "And bid Amrah send me fresh garments, and bring my sword! It is time to die for Israel, my friends. Tarry without till I come." He ate a crust, drank a cup of wine, and was soon upon the road. "Whither would you go first?" asked the Galilean.
If they were not there now, but had been, some record of the fact must remain, a clew which had only to be followed faithfully to the end. Under this inclination, moreover, there was a hope which he could not forego. From Simonides he knew Amrah, the Egyptian nurse, was living.
Is he at home?" "He came last night." The widow, trying to still the beating of her heart, was silent awhile. "Did Judah send you to tell us this?" she next asked. "No. He believes you dead." "There was a prophet once who cured a leper," the mother said thoughtfully to Tirzah; "but he had his power from God." Then addressing Amrah, she asked, "How does my son know this man so possessed?"
The widow arose hastily, and covering her head, cried, in a voice unnaturally harsh, "Unclean, unclean!" In a moment, heedless of the notice, Amrah was at her feet.
When the sun would gild the crest of Olivet and the Mount of Offence with light sharper and more brilliant in that old land than in the West, she knew Amrah would come, first to the well, then to a stone midway the well and the foot of the hill on which she had her abode, and that the good servant would there deposit the food she carried in the basket, and fill the water-jar afresh for the day.
The three were not far apart; far enough, however, to make it possible for the unfortunates to miss the Nazarene if they failed the one he chose to come by. A little questioning satisfied the mother that Amrah knew nothing of the country beyond the Cedron, and even less of the intentions of the man they were going to see, if they could.
I saw him at the gate night before last asleep on the step. I saw you wake him." Amrah clasped her hands. "O my mistress! You saw it, and did not come!" "That would have been to kill him. I can never take him in my arms again. I can never kiss him more. O Amrah, Amrah, you love him, I know!" "Yes," said the true heart, bursting into tears again, and kneeling. "I would die for him."
The servant bowed her head in her arms. "No," the mistress continued; "wherefore to be silent altogether. Go now, and come this evening. We will look for you. Till then, farewell." "The burden will be heavy, O my mistress, and hard to bear," said Amrah, falling upon her face. "How much harder would it be to see him as we are," the mother answered as she gave the basket to Tirzah.
So, first of all things, he would go to the old house, and look for Amrah. Thus resolved, he arose shortly after the going-down of the sun, and began descent of the Mount by the road which, from the summit, bends a little north of east.
"We are they you are seeking." Amrah fell upon her knees. "O my mistress, my mistress! As I have made your God my God, be he praised that he has led me to you!" And upon her knees the poor overwhelmed creature began moving forward. "Stay, Amrah! Come not nearer. Unclean, unclean!" The words sufficed. Amrah fell upon her face, sobbing so loud the people at the well heard her.
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