"The truth is, that this matter of Caleb's----" "Oh, may all the infernal gods take Caleb! as I have reason to believe they shortly will," broke in Marcus angrily.
"But that is just what I wish to prevent; we have met here to talk of Caleb." "Well, if you must--talk and let us be done with him.

What about Caleb ?" Miriam clasped her hands.

"What do you know of him, Captain Marcus ?" "Know?
Why, just this: a spy I have in my troop has found out a country fellow who was hunting for mushrooms or something--I forget what--in a gully a mile away, and saw this interesting youth hide himself there and shoot that Jewish plunderer with a bow and arrow.

More--he has found another man who saw the said Caleb an hour or two before help himself to an arrow out of one of the Jew's quivers, which arrow appears to be identical with, or at any rate, similar to, that which was found in the fellow's gullet.

Therefore, it seems that Caleb is guilty, and that it will be my duty to-morrow to place him under arrest, and in due course to convey him to Jerusalem, where the priests will attend to his little business.