“I give judgment that thou hast learned all these things since thy departure from the Holy City?”
“Thou thinkest rightly! They came not from the traditions of men, nor the teaching of schools, but are revealed only from within!”
The next day Amoz made a visit to the halting-place of the caravans, and upon his return handed a sealed package to Saulus. It was a letter from Cassia, and ran as follows:—
“Jerusalem, Chisleu XVIth.
“O thou false-hearted Saulus!
“My hand well nigh refuseth to render me service!
“How hath the joy and desire of my heart turned to ashes!
“How proudly didst thou mount thy steed, and depart from the Holy City at the head of thy goodly company in the service of the Chosen People!
“How brave and valiant didst thou appear as thou turned thine eyes up to the casement of thy Cassia and waved a salutation, and then, in the lead of thy procession, wound thy way through the streets of the Holy City!
“And now thou dost send me a constrained epistle from a lonely cave in the wilderness, where with one base follower thou dost hide thy shamefacedness!