"Show them to their cabin, for we sail as soon as the wind rises." To the cabin they went accordingly, a comfortable place stored with all that they could need; but as they passed to it Nehushta heard a sailor, who held a lantern in his hand, say to his companion: "That woman is very like one whom I saw in the amphitheatre this morning when they gave the salute to King Agrippa." "The gods forbid it!" answered the other.

"We want no Christians here to bring evil fortune on us." "Christians or no Christians, there is a tempest brewing, if I understand the signs of the weather," muttered the first man.
In the cabin Amram bade his guests farewell.
"This is a strange adventure," he said, "and one that I did not look for.

May it prove to the advantage of us all.

At the least I have done my best for your safety, and now we part." "You are a good man," replied Rachel, "and whatever may befall us, I pray again that God may bless you for your kindness to His servants.
I pray also that He may lead you to a knowledge of the truth as it was declared by the Lord and Master Whom we serve, that your soul may win salvation and eternal life." "Lady," said Amram, "I know nothing of these doctrines, but I promise you this: that I will look into them and see whether or no they commend themselves to my reason.

I love wealth, like all my people, but I am not altogether a time-server, or a money-seeker.