Farewell till we meet again wife.

I would Polykarp were safe here, and that you had seen his wound.

Come, Marthana, the minutes are precious." When Dorothea and Sirona were alone, the deaconess said, "Now I will go and make up a bed for you, for you must be very tired." "No, no!" begged Sirona.

"I will wait and watch with you, for I certainly could not sleep till I know how it is with him." She spoke so warmly and eagerly that the deaconess gratefully offered her hand to her young friend.

Then she said, "I will leave you alone for a few minutes, for my heart is so full of anxiety that I must needs go and pray for help for him, and for courage and strength for myself." "Take me with you," entreated Sirona in a low tone.