All along the narrow streets they gave before me but stood to stare wide-eyed at this yellow man from the north, or from God knew where so far as they knew aught of the matter.
Practically all Pilate's troops were auxiliaries, save for a handful of Romans about the palace and the twenty Romans who rode with me.

Often enough have I found the auxiliaries good soldiers, but never so steadily dependable as the Romans.

In truth they were better fighting men the year round than were we men of the North, who fought in great moods and sulked in great moods.

The Roman was invariably steady and dependable.
There was a woman from the court of Antipas, who was a friend of Pilate's wife and whom I met at Pilate's the night of my arrival.

I shall call her Miriam, for Miriam was the name I loved her by.