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"Quite so and whose interest unfortunately remains unabated, or rather, I should say, that it is transferred." "To the gentleman whose deep feeling induced him to provide five hundred more?" queried Caleb. "Precisely. What intuition you have! It is a gift with which the East endows her sons." "Suppose you put the matter plainly, worthy Saturius." "I will, excellent Demetrius.
In the evening Mrs Montefiore accompanied Baroness Charlotte to a ball at the Sardinian Embassy, to which both she and Mr Montefiore had been invited by the Marquis and Marchioness di S. Saturius.
"I propose that the necessary documents should be procured, which, to your master, will not be difficult; that Marcus should be arrested in his house, put upon his trial and condemned under the edict of Titus, and that the girl, Pearl-Maiden, should be handed over to me, who will at once remove her from Rome." "Good," said Saturius.
So you have got her," he added, eyeing the draped form in the background. "Yes," replied Saturius doubtfully. "Good, your services shall be remembered. You were ever a discreet and faithful agent. Did the bidding run high?" "Oh! my lord, enormous, ee normous. I never heard such bidding," and he stretched out his hands. "Impertinence! Who dared to compete with me?" remarked Domitian.
Then bear my greetings to Titus, begging his signature to an order granting the desired privileges to one Caleb, a Jew who fought against him at Jerusalem with less success than I could have wished whom I desire to favour." Three hours later Saturius presented himself for the second time in the office of the Alexandrian merchant. "Most worthy Demetrius," he said, "I congratulate you.
Let him come out of his sewer and look upon the sun. The Caesars do not war with carrion rats. Most worthy Demetrius, I go swiftly, as I hope to return again with all you need." "Good, most noble Saturius, and for both our sakes remember that the palace floor is slippery, and do not get another fall, for it might finish you."
A titter of laughter went around the room. "Two thousand sestertia," repeated the matter-of-fact voice with the foreign accent. "Well, well," said the auctioneer, "I suppose that I must accept the bid. Friend Saturius, I have two thousand sestertia, and it is against you." "Against me it must remain, then," replied the little man in a fury. "Do all the kings in the world want this girl?
You shall have the rest of the money when I have seen his body. No, I don't want any bungling and that's the best way to make certain." "I wonder," thought Saturius, as he departed out of the office and this history, "I wonder how I shall manage to get the balance of my fee before they have my Jewish friend by the heels. But it can be arranged doubtless it can be arranged."
I will teach you how to hit," and snatching a rod from one of the slaves he rushed at his prostrate chamberlain, the others drawing back to allow their master to show his skill in flogging. Saturius saw Domitian come, and knew that unless he could change his purpose in another minute the life would be battered out of him. He struggled to his knees. "Prince," he cried, "hearken ere you strike.
"No," answered Saturius with a snarl, "but until he is in a position to relay the floors, he must find chalk for his sandals and ointment for his back. I want the purchaser's name, and thought perhaps that you might have it, for the old woman has vanished, and that fool of an auctioneer knows absolutely nothing." "Why do you want his name?" "Because Domitian wants his head.
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