One by one they bowed to her and one by one she searched their faces with her eyes--faces for the most part stern and fierce.

Now all had passed and she sighed with relief, for among them there was no Caleb.

Even as she did so a curtain swung aside and Caleb entered.
It was he, of that there could be no doubt; but oh! how changed since last she had seen him two years before.

Then he had been but a raw, passionate youth; now he was a tall and splendid young man, very handsome in his dark fashion, very powerful of frame also and quick of limb.

His person was matched by his attire, which was that of an Eastern warrior noble, and his mien was proud and conquering.