"
It was cunningly said, for the speaker knew that such a promise would
delay the vengeance of Herod.
A little silence followed the ceasing of "the shrill voice." Vergilius
could hear its owner moving away in the darkness. Fearful
possibilities had begun to suggest themselves to the new convert. Now
had he the flinty heart and the cunning mind of his fathers. The
darkness had begun to smother and sicken him.
"Hear me now, good friends," said a low, calm, but unfamiliar voice,
"and let my words enter your hearts and be there cherished in secret,
for I shall tell you a name, and for its safe-keeping you shall answer
to the Most High. Know you, then, that the new king is no other than
the son of Herod and his name is Antipater--a man of great valor,
learned in all wisdom and all mystery, who loves the people of God.
His heart has suffered, feeling the wrongs of Israel. He has the voice
of wrath, the hand of power, and the claim of a just and natural
inheritor. I have his word that we who are bound in this council of
the covenant shall share in the glory of his reign.
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