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"Then," said Malluch, "I told him Ilderim's view of the mystery that the king would come with the doom of Rome. The young man's blood rose over his cheeks and forehead, and he said earnestly, 'Who but a Herod can be king while Rome endures?" "Meaning what?" "That the empire must be destroyed before there could be another rule."
Immediately the lines of the galley were cast off, and she swung round, and, midst the flashing of torches and the shouting of joyous sailors, hurried off to the sea leaving Ben-Hur committed to the cause of the KING WHO WAS TO COME. The day before the games, in the afternoon, all Ilderim's racing property was taken to the city, and put in quarters adjoining the Circus.
What he could not read, he yet could speak; so the old Arab answered, with dignity, "I am Sheik Ilderim." The man's eyes fell; he raised them again, and said, with forced composure, "I heard you had need of a driver for the games." Ilderim's lip under the white mustache curled contemptuously. "Go thy way," he said. "I have a driver." He turned to ride away, but the man, lingering, spoke again.
"Sealing them to thee and thine forever," Ben-Hur continued, with better control of himself, "with one exception, and upon one condition." The breath of the listeners waited upon his words. "The hundred and twenty talents which were my father's thou shalt return to me." Ilderim's countenance brightened.
Already there seemed a tacit understanding between them and the new driver, who had performed his part calmly, and with the confidence which always begets confidence. The order of going was precisely that of driving, except that Ben-Hur sat upon Sirius instead of standing in the chariot. Ilderim's spirit arose.
It was plain to me he had himself under watch, as was natural, seeing how long he has lived in an atmosphere of Roman jealousy; yet I saw it blaze once when he wanted to know Ilderim's feeling towards Rome, and again when I told him the story of the sheik and the wise man, and spoke of the question, 'Where is he that is born King of the Jews?" Simonides leaned forward quickly.
Let the servants bring me the harness." "And the chariot?" asked the sheik. "I will let the chariot alone to-day. In its place, let them bring me a fifth horse, if thou hast it; he should be barebacked, and fleet as the others." Ilderim's wonder was aroused, and he summoned a servant immediately.
Ben-Hur looked at the Arab. "This is he, good Ilderim, this is he who told you of me?" Ilderim's eyes twinkled as he nodded his answer. "How, O my master," said Simonides, "may we without trial tell what a man is? I knew you; I saw your father in you; but the kind of man you were I did not know. There are people to whom fortune is a curse in disguise. Were you of them?
Ben-Hur took back the gift, and Balthasar, seeing the inquiry upon Ilderim's face, related the occurrence at the Fountain. "What!" said the sheik to Ben-Hur. "Thou saidst nothing of this to me, when better recommendation thou couldst not have brought. Am I not an Arab, and sheik of my tribe of tens of thousands? And is not he my guest?
Ilderim's face beamed again, and he would have spoken. "A moment, good sheik, a moment!" said Ben-Hur. "Let me say further. From the masters in Rome I learned many lessons, little thinking they would serve me in a time like this.
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