It may be so--for that woman was holy, and a prophetess." As she spoke there came a rolling sound like that of distant thunder, and a voice without called: "Rabbi Benoni, the wall is down.

Tarry not, Rabbi Benoni, for they seek you." "Alas! I must begone," he said, "for some new horror is fallen upon us, and they summon me to the council.

Farewell, most beloved Miriam, may my God and your God protect you, for I cannot.

Farewell, and if, by any chance, you live, forgive me, and try to forget the evil that, in my blindness and my pride, I have brought upon yours and you, but oh! most of all upon myself." Then he embraced her passionately and was gone, leaving Miriam weeping..