"It's our busiest time.

What do you want ?" "I am her brother," Aaron announced.

"It is most important." The boy slipped from a worn stool and disappeared.

Presently the door of the little waiting-room was suddenly opened, and a girl entered.
"Aaron!" she exclaimed.

"Has anything happened ?" Once more he raised his head, once more the light that flickered in his face transformed him into some semblance of a virile man.
"Maraton is here! Maraton has arrived!" The light flashed, too, for a moment in her face, only she, even before it came, was beautiful.
"At last!" she cried.