The sun had long since set, and the darkness was over the earth, when a little company of men and women entered the door of the house of Ben Ezra.
"O Miriam, my daughter," said Isaac, the aged, when they were within, "thou mayest mourn, but be thou comforted. We have buried him in my own tomb. And didst thou not hear what was said to him by Jesus of Nazareth? In him do I now believe. He is God!"
"O my beloved!" wailed Miriam, and she said no more for weeping.
"Miriam," continued Ben Ezra, "I also believe; trust thou, concerning thy husband, that it is well with him!"
"Ye are my friends," said Miriam. "I heard the saying, faintly and far. They are at this hour in the garden, do you say? But I am here and I am alone, for my love hath been taken from me. Nevertheless, I will be patient. It is but for a little while; a little while!"
THE END.
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