Before they could find voice to reply Judas was gone.
As he came out into the street Meph met him with the great news.
"Dion is a Jew! Dion is a Jew! My old Sirach was right. Deborah herself told me. And, Judas, she was as glad as I was to find it out, almost."
LI
A KING, INDEED
When Judas returned to his palace he found his brethren in waiting. Their manner told the anxiety with which they anticipated his decision of the momentous question of the kingship. Judas relieved them of the necessity of putting their thoughts into words.
"Do you still believe that I should be King?"
"It is the will of the nation," said Simon.