I would give every day and hour to their happiness.

I would wait upon them; never a slave more faithful.

They have lost much, but, by the God of my fathers, I would find them more!" The answer was unexpected by the Roman.

For a moment he lost his purpose.
"I spoke to thy ambition," he said, recovering.

"If thy mother and sister were dead, or not to be found, what wouldst thou do ?" A distinct pallor overspread Ben-Hur's face, and he looked over the sea.