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But unto the good men who, without stirring up nation against nation, worship sincerely in the faith of Issa Ben Mariam, we are a shadow and a shield; and such being he whom you seek, even though the light of the Prophet hath not reached him, from me he will only have love, favour, and regard."
Beyond the Issa, however, the river becomes evidently narrower, being reduced to an average width of about a mile; there were then no longer those magnificent reaches, with blank horizons, which occur lower down.
Eagerly he watched as she came to meet him Issa; then she turned her face full towards him, and he saw that it was Esmay. He sprang forward. A roll of drums beating the charge, and Constans started. "At last!" he said. Piers Minor, keeping as closely as possible to cover, worked his way slowly to the northward and towards the Stockader camp, on the Palace Road.
But all remained standing in silence until the master and mistress had taken their places. Sir Gavan entered from his workshop, and, offering his hand to his wife, led her ceremoniously to her seat, Issa and Constans following. To Constans's indignant amazement the peddler stepped forward, as though to take the vacant seat alongside of Issa.
She was arguing with a man of tight morning-clothes and a high-bred face about the merits of "Parsifal," which, Olive declared, no one ever attended except as a matter of conscience. "Now, Georgie," she said, "issa Georgie, you shall have your opera and you shall jolly well have it alone, too!"
The incident had been so momentary that it had passed entirely unnoticed by his father and the Lady Rayne; Constans could not even be sure that Issa had understood, and certainly she gave no sign of discomposure. "What presumption!" muttered Constans, under his breath. "These fellows are becoming more insufferable every day, and my father sees nothing."
Then the elders asked him: "Who art thou, and from what country hast thou come to us? We have not formerly heard thee spoken of and do not even know thy name!" "I am an Israelite," answered Issa; "and on the day of my birth have seen the walls of Jerusalem, and have heard the sobs of my brothers reduced to slavery, and the lamentations of my sisters carried away by the Pagans;
Constans had not attempted to speak; his mind was still seeking its wonted bearings, and he was afraid. His sister Issa! the little Issa with whom he had played at fox-chase and grace-hoops.
Thereupon the governor said to the judges: "Have you heard this? The Israelite Issa acknowledges the crime of which he is accused. Judge him, then, according to your laws and pass upon him condemnation to death." "We cannot condemn him," replied the priests and the ancients.
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