Hear Me, Pilate!

LeGETTE BLYTHE
HOLT, RINEHART AND WINSTON · NEW YORK
Copyright © 1961 by LeGette Blythe
All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form.
Published simultaneously in Canada by Holt, Rinehart and Winston of Canada, Limited.
First Edition
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 61-11599
Designer: Ernst Reichl
81003-0211
Printed in the United States of America
FOR ANNE AND JULIE
The capricious flame spattered darts of thin yellow light on walls and floor as the doors swung gently closed. Claudia turned from her tall, deeply tanned, uniformed escort to address the servant who had let them in.