The high-priest, Imos, assisted Yermah to lift the dead man, and Setos stood near Ildiko.
The bride was still toying with Alcamayn’s ring, and giggling hideously to herself, utterly unconscious of the tragedy being enacted before her.
Rahula fluttered between the two principals. She could not comprehend what had happened, and began to shriek hysterically when iron bands were placed on Alcamayn’s neck and wrists.
The panic-stricken guests departed hurriedly, while warriors surrounded the house, and no one was allowed to enter under any pretext whatever.
All eye-witnesses were put under oath, and an armed guard soon filled the room.
Ildiko was kept under surveillance, and Setos found his movements closely watched.
The news went through the city like wild-fire, and the excitement kept the streets alive all night, while the death-watchers sat with the linen-swathed body of Orondo.
CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR
THE TRIBUNALS OF GOD DEAL WITH ALCAMAYN
The “Tribunals of God,” as the courts of justice were called, convened in the Temple of Mars, situated northwest from the center of the city.
It was here that the highest courts assembled four times a year to hear and to judge the most important criminal cases.