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It was a Roman name, I think." "Arrius, the son of Arrius." "Yet thou art not a Roman?" "All my people were Jews." "Were, saidst thou? Are they not living?" The question was subtle as well as simple; but Ilderim saved Ben-Hur from reply. "Come," he said to them, "the meal is ready."
Doubtless this Arrius hath tricks of language; otherwise he could not so confound himself, to-day a Jew, to-morrow a Roman; but of the rich tongue of Athene discourseth he in that as well?" "With such purity, Messala, he might have been a contestant in the Isthmia." "Art thou listening, Caius?" said Messala.
Often as Arrius resumed to his platform in the cabin he returned to study the rower, and he kept saying to himself, "The fellow hath a spirit. A Jew is not a barbarian. I will know more of him." The fourth day out, and the Astroea so the galley was named speeding through the Ionian Sea. The sky was clear, and the wind blew as if bearing the good-will of all the gods.
In this instance there were many circumstances certainly in the young man's favor, and some to be supposed. Possibly Arrius knew Valerius Gratus without loving him. Possibly he had known the elder Hur. In the course of his appeal, Judah had asked him of that; and, as will be noticed, he had made no reply. For once the tribune was at loss, and hesitated. His power was ample.
And when Quintus Arrius, a man of praetorian dignity, recounted to them, how soldiers were collecting in companies in Etruria, and Manlius was stated to be in motion with a large force, hovering about those cities, in expectation of intelligence from Rome, the senate made a decree to place all in the hands of the consuls, who should undertake the conduct of everything, and do their best to save the state.
The power there is in Love had not yet occurred to any man; much less had one come saying directly that for government and its objects peace and order Love is better and mightier than Force. In the midst of his reverie a hand was laid upon his shoulder. "I have a word to say, O son of Arrius," said Ilderim, stopping by his side "a word, and then I must return, for the night is going."
About two hours later Arrius stood under the aplustre of the galley; in the mood of one who, seeing himself carried swiftly towards an event of mighty import, has nothing to do but wait the mood in which philosophy vests an even-minded man with the utmost calm, and is ever so serviceable.
Go with me to the Brucheium, and I will show you the college of nations; to the Serapeion, and see the perfection of architecture; to the Library, and read the immortals; to the theatre, and hear the heroics of the Greeks and Hindoos; to the quay, and count the triumphs of commerce; descend with me into the streets, O son of Arrius, and, when the philosophers have dispersed, and taken with them the masters of all the arts, and all the gods have home their votaries, and nothing remains of the day but its pleasures, you shall hear the stories that have amused men from the beginning, and the songs which will never, never die."
"By thy God, then, or in the form most sacred to those of thy faith pledge me to do what I tell thee now, and as I tell thee; I am waiting, let me have thy promise." "Noble Arrius, I am warned by thy manner to expect something of gravest concern. Tell me thy wish first." "Wilt thou promise then?" "That were to give the pledge, and Blessed be the God of my fathers! yonder cometh a ship!"
"This should be convincing, to say least; but lest thou say tut-tut again, I tell thee, O my Midas! that yesterday, by good chance I have a vow to Fortune in consequence I met the mysterious son of Arrius face to face; and I declare now that, though I did not then recognize him, he is the very Ben-Hur who was for years my playmate; the very Ben-Hur who, if he be a man, though of the commonest grade, must this very moment of my writing be thinking of vengeance for so would I were I he vengeance not to be satisfied short of life; vengeance for country, mother, sister, self, and I say it last, though thou mayst think it would be first for fortune lost.
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