“An enemy of Zeus, then?”
“Zeus has not such another enemy in the world.”
“I knew it, I was sure of it,” exclaimed the Bishop. “I can always tell a Christian when I see him. Wherefore speaks he not?”
“He is ancient, for all his vigorous mien. His martyrdom began ere our present speech was, nor could he learn this in his captivity.”
“Martyrdom! Captivity!” exclaimed the prelate gleefully, “I thought we were coming thither. An early martyr, doubtless?”
“A very early martyr.”
“Fettered and manacled?”
“Behold his wrists and ankles.”
“Tortured, of course?”
“Incredibly.”