"But you cannot lay a complaint without your kyrios, and your uncle is yours.

Besides: before they have settled the matter the messenger may have been to Ctesiphon and back, far as it is." Again her nurse entreated her to have patience till the horse-fair should be over.

Paula fixed her eyes on the ground.

She seemed quite crushed; but Perpetua started violently and Hiram drew back a step when she suddenly broke out in a loud, joyful cry of "Father in Heaven, I have what we need!" "How, child, what ?" asked the nurse, pressing her hand to her heart.

But Paula vouchsafed no information; she turned quickly to the Syrian: "Is the outer court-yard clear yet?
Are the people gone ?" she asked.
The reply was in the affirmative.