“Is he thy friend?”
“Yea, verily!”
“And thou a Hebrew?”
“I was born a Hebrew!”
“I marvel at what thou sayest!”
“A Roman may have a warm heart!”
“I marvel again! but if so, I am persuaded that thou must have warmed it!”
“There is an affection, not born of race or position, and even the Vice Legate of Tarsus hath begun to feel somewhat of its glow!”
“But doth not he worship the Tarsian gods?”
“Aforetime and formally, yea! but he is reaching out after a Higher,—the God of all the earth!”