The City of Delight by Elizabeth Miller


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III The Shepherd of Pella 56

IV The Travelers 85

V By the Wayside 108

VI Dawn in the Hills 124

VII Imperial C�sar 148

VIII Greek and Jew 169

IX The Young Titus 189

X The Story of a Divine Tragedy 212

XI The House of Offense 233

XII The Prince Returns 253

XIII A New Pretender 274

XIV The Pride of Amaryllis 284

XV The Image of Jealousy 300

XVI The Spread Net 322

XVII The Tangled Web 337

XVIII In the Sunless Crypt 358

XIX The False Prophet 374

XX As the Foam upon Water 390

XXI The Faithful Servant 408

XXII Vanished Hopes 417

XXIII The Fulfilment 427

XXIV The Road to Pella 441




THE CITY OF DELIGHT




Chapter I

A PRINCE'S BRIDE


The chief merchant of Ascalon stood in the guest-chamber of his house.

Although it was a late winter day the old man was clad in the free
white garments of a midsummer afternoon, for to the sorrow of
Philistia the cold season of the year sixty-nine had been warm, wet
and miasmic. An old woman entering presently glanced at the closed
windows of the apartment when she noted the flushed face of the
merchant but she made no movement to have them opened. More than the
warmth of the day was engaging the attention of the grave old man, and
the woman, by dress and manner of equal rank with him, stood aside
until he could give her a moment.

His porter bowed at his side.

"The servants of Philip of Tyre are without," he said. "Shall they
enter?"

"They have come for the furnishings," Costobarus answered. "Take thou
all the household but Momus and Hiram, and dismantle the rooms for
them. Begin in the library; then the sleeping-rooms; this chamber
next; the kitchen last of all. Send Hiram to the stables to except
three good camels from the herd for our use. Let Momus look to the
baggage. Where is Keturah?"

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