"I have been expecting you, Zoilus."
"You do not forget your promise, then?"
"No! my part shall be fulfilled as soon as you have complied with the conditions."
"Judith! these conditions are hard. I have my misgivings and fears about the part I have to play."
"Fears and misgivings?" she repeated. "These account for your changed manner this evening?"
"Yes, I have never known any one to end well who interfered with the Christians."
"Ha, ha!" she laughed ironically. "You fear the uncircumcised dogs!"
"Not them; but I fear their God."
"Their God! Is it the Galilean impostor?"