[With a glance at the crowd.] Sire, shall I tell all?
Julian.
All, all—from first to last!
Jovian.
I arrived at Jerusalem with the architects and soldiers, and the two thousand workmen. We went to work at once to clear the ground. Mighty remnants of the walls remained. They fell before our pickaxes and crowbars so easily that it seemed as though some unseen power were helping us to efface them——
Julian.
You see! What did I tell you!
Jovian.
In the meantime immense heaps of mortar were being brought together for the new building. Then, without any warning, there arose a whirlwind, which spread the lime like a cloud over the whole region.
Julian.