She went out and raised a piercing cry, but did not unclose the barrier.

Several men had come along the road, and were standing there; the woman demanded the toll.
A little man with a bald head stepped forward.

It was the fisherman from Bethsaida.

He confessed that they had no money.

Thereupon the woman was very angry, for it was her secret intention thenceforth to keep the toll money herself in order to buy the Greek purple stuff like that worn by Rebecca and Amala.
When Levi heard her cry, he went out and said: "Let them pass, Judith.
You see they are not traders.