It certainly comes out of the royal harbor." He then drew his sister on faster, and when, in a few minutes, they reached the harbor gate, he cried out, much relieved: "Look there! The chain is still across the entrance.

I see it clearly." "And so do I," said Melissa, decidedly; and while her brother knocked at the gate-house of the little harbor, she continued, eagerly: "No ships dare go out before sunrise, on account of the rocks--Epagathos said so just now--and that one near the pharos--" But there was no time to put her thoughts into words; for the broad harbor gate was thrown noisily open, and a troop of Roman soldiers streamed out, followed by several Alexandrian men-at-arms.

After them came a prisoner loaded with chains, with whom a leading Roman in warrior's dress was conversing.

Both were tall and haggard, and when they approached the brother and sister they recognized in them Macrinus the praetorian prefect, while the prisoner was Zminis the informer.
But the Egyptian also noticed the artist and his companion.

His eyes sparkled brightly, and with triumphant scorn he pointed out to sea.
The magician Serapion had persuaded the prefect to let the Egyptian go free.