He listened long to the casuistry of learned men touching prayer, atonement, and sacrifice.

It led at last to some discussion of the new king.
"Is there one here can tell me where and when he shall be born ?" was the query of Vergilius.
"We believe the Messiah is already born," said a councillor.
"Moreover, some here have beheld his face." "And where, then, does he dwell ?" Vergilius inquired.
"That you shall know some day.

At the next meeting of the council it may be told.

We wait only for the fulness of time.

He dwells in a distant city, and not long ago I spoke with him.