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"Do any know of this?" "None." "Then say no word of it," and Metem hurried off in search of Aziel. Presently he found him seeking for Issachar in company with his guards. "Have no fear, Prince," Metem said, in answer to his eager questions, "he is safe enough, for the soldiers have borne the fool away. Pardon me that I should speak thus of a holy man, but he has put all our lives in danger."
"Look for yourself, lady," answered the Phoenician bowing before her. "Elissa, Elissa!" cried Aziel, raising himself and opening his arms. She saw and heard, then, with a low cry, she ran swiftly to him and was wrapped in his embrace. Thus they stayed a while, murmuring words of love and greeting. "Is it your pleasure that I should leave you?" asked Metem presently. "No?
"Yes, Prince, two things," answered the Phoenician. "First, that the lady Elissa is rash, indeed, to speak so openly before me who might carry her words to the council or the priests." "Nay, Metem, I am not rash, for I know that, although you love money, you will not betray me."
For the Baaltis to be found with any man who was not her husband meant death to him and her, a doom from which there was little chance of escape. Well, to his own fate he was almost indifferent, but for Elissa and Issachar he mourned bitterly. Truly the Levite and Metem had been wise when they cautioned him, for her sake and his own, to have nothing to do with a priestess of Baal.
Elissa slipped away, for she saw that the priestesses, her companions, were reforming their ranks, and that she must not tarry. When she had gone a few yards, a hand caught her by the sleeve, and the voice of Metem, who had overheard something of this talk, whispered in her ear:
"If half of what I hear is true, rogue," answered Ithobal savagely, "the tormentor and the headsman alone could satisfy all my debt to you. Say, merchant, what return have you made me for that sackful of gold which you bore hence some few days gone?" "The best of all returns, King," answered Metem cheerfully, although in truth he began to feel afraid.
"If my grandfather still reigns it may be so, but he is very old, and if my uncle wears his crown, then I am not sure. Truly you Phoenicians love money. Would you, then, sell me for gold also, Metem?" "I said not so, Prince, though even friendship has its price " "Among your people, Metem?" "Among all people, Prince.
"That time will prove," answered Metem, shrugging his shoulders; "at least it is certain that he will win it in no other way. Prince," he added, changing his tone, "if you have any such thoughts, abandon them, I pray of you, for on this matter the law may not be broken.
What Metem, and those who worked with him, had forgotten was, that this offering of incense to Baal would be the most deadly of crimes in the eyes of any faithful Jew one, indeed, which, were he alone concerned, he would die rather than commit.
"To the traders of the country so much, but to you, O King, so much only," and he named a sum twice that which he had paid in the city. "So be it," assented Ithobal indifferently; "I do not haggle over wares. Though your price is large, presently my treasurer shall weigh you out the gold." There was a moment's pause, then Metem said: "The trees in this camp of yours bear evil fruit, O King.
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