Instantly she slid between him and the door.
"Who in the name of Moloch are you ?" he asked, stepping back astonished, to perceive as he did so, Rachel seated on the heap of sacks; "and you," he added.

"Are you spirits, thieves, ladies in search of a lodging, or--perchance those two Christians whom the soldiers are looking for in yonder house ?" "We are the two Christians," said Rachel desperately.

"We fled from the amphitheatre, and have taken refuge here, where they nearly found us." "This," said Amram solemnly, "comes of not locking one's office.

Do not misunderstand me; it was no fault of mine.

A certain apprentice is to blame, to whom I shall have a word to say.