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Amram stared at her in undisguised admiration. "I would that I were unmarried," he said, "which is not the case," and he sighed; "for then, upon my word, I should be inclined to make a certain proposal to you " "Nehushta that is my name " "Nehushta exactly. Well, it is out of the question." "Quite." "Therefore I have a suggestion to make. To-night a ship of mine sails for Tyre.
Then there was more tumult, and Miriam closed her eyes to shut out the horrid sight. When she opened them again the Syrian galley had vanished, only the water was spotted with black dots which were the heads of men. "Gallantly done!" screamed Nehushta. "See, she anchors and puts out her boats; they will save us yet. Down to the water-gate!"
Therefore, I was sure that you were dead." Marcus laughed bitterly, then turning to Nehushta, said: "You hear, woman, you hear. If such is the judgment of my steward and freedman, what will be that of Caesar and my peers?" Then he added, "Now, Stephanus, that what you thought impossible what I myself should have thought impossible has happened.
"Also," continued Nehushta, "I have still almost all the gold that the Phoenician Amram gave us when I fled with your mother, and added to it that which I took from the strong box of the captain of the galley on the night when you were born. So have no fear, we shall not want; nor indeed would the Essenes suffer such a thing.
Atossa had fled to a place of safety, after enjoying the pleasure of tormenting her doomed enemy to the last moment, well knowing that no power would induce Nehushta to accompany her. But one thought filled Nehushta's mind in her instantaneous comprehension of the truth; she must find Zoroaster, and warn him of the danger. They would have time to fly together, yet.
He had been a Christian and knew something of Anna and of this "gift of prophecy." The path of these strangers led them past the fountain, where Rachel and Nehushta rose to greet them as they came. "Peace be with you," said Rachel. "In the name of Christ, peace," they answered, and passed on towards the arches where the other captives were gathered.
He took it gladly, for now he was penniless, and promised her lodging and protection, and the service of his wife as nurse to the child for a month at least. So there Nehushta stayed, keeping herself hid, and at the end of the month gave another gold piece to her hosts, who were kindly folk that never dreamed of working her evil or injustice.
The lovers parted, taking leave of the spot they loved so well, Zoroaster with a heavy foreboding of evil to come; Nehushta with a great longing for the morrow, a mad desire to be on the way to Shushan. Something in her way of speaking had given Zoroaster a sense of pain.
Its eyes are open and they are beautiful as flowers"; and again he bent down and kissed the child, then added with a groan of remorse, "Alas! sinner that I am, I am defiled; I must purify myself and do penance." "Why?" asked Nehushta shortly. "For two reasons: I have touched your dress, and I have given way to earthly passion and embraced a child twice.
Beyond a few simple questions and answers, they had not discussed the matter of the journey when they were together; for Nehushta was so much surprised and delighted at the idea of again seeing the magnificence of the court at Shushan, which she so well remembered from the period of her childhood, that she feared to let Zoroaster see how glad she was to leave Ecbatana, which, but for him, would have been to her little better than a prison.
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