Farewell for this night, my child; we will meet to-morrow." Then Miriam went to rest and dreamed of the Roman captain, and that he, she, and Nehushta made a journey together and met with many great adventures, wherein Caleb played some strange part.

In that dream the captain Marcus protected them from all these dangers, till at length they came to a calm sea, on which floated a single white ship wherein they must embark, having the sign of the Cross woven in its sails.

Then she awoke and found that it was morning.
Of all the arts she had been taught, Miriam was fondest of that of modelling in clay, for which she had a natural gift.

Indeed, so great had her skill become, that these models which she made, after they had been baked with fire, were, at her wish, sold by the Essenes to any who took a fancy to them.

As to the money which they fetched, it was paid into a fund to be distributed among the poor.
This art Miriam carried on in a reed-thatched shed in the garden, where, by an earthen pipe, water was delivered into a stone basin, which she used to damp her clay and cloths.