[The Witch of Prague by F. Marion Crawford]@TWC D-Link bookThe Witch of Prague CHAPTER XV[*]
[*] The deeds here described were done in Prague on the
twenty-first day of February in the year 1694 24/31
If the youth is still stubborn in his unbelief, let him die even as the Unbeliever died--by the righteous judgment of the Romans." "Let it be so.
Let him be crucified!" said the rabbis with one voice. Then Lazarus rose and went out, and, in the vision, the rabbis remained seated, motionless in their places awaiting his return.
The noise of Levi's hammer echoed through the low vaulted chamber, and at each blow the smoking lamp quivered a little, casting strange shadows upon the evil faces beneath its light.
At last footsteps, slow and uncertain, were heard without, the low door opened, and Lazarus entered, holding up the body of his son before him. "I have brought him before you for the last time," he said.
"Question him and hear his condemnation out of his own mouth.
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