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“Tarry thou till I come!”[Frontispiece]
“All in the Temple was confusion,”[20]
“The archer dropped dead, with the arrow still on his bow,”[64]
“‘Read the Scriptures. I have prayed for you. Read—’”[104]
“‘Let your guard come,’ cried I,”[136]
“I heard the gnashing of his white fangs above me,”[168]
“The lions, made more furious by wounds, sprang upon the powerful horses,”[208]
“I gave the word—fell upon the guard at the gate, and cast it open!”[240]
“‘Now for glory!’ they cried,”[268]
“The solitary voyager of the burning trireme,”[318]
“I had rescued Constantius!”[356]
“The Roman rushed at him with his drawn falchion,”[396]
“‘Esther is gone!’ was her answer,”[424]
“‘Now, my beloved brothers, beloved in the Lord, go forth,’ said Eleazar,”[452]
“Titus rode at the head of his stately company, himself the most stately of them all,”[488]
“Judea must fall,”[508]
“I heard the shouts of the conquerors, and the fall of the pillars of the Temple,”[532]

BOOK I


TARRY THOU TILL I COME

The superior numbers appearing throughout the text refer to “Explanatory Notes” in the first pages of the Appendix.