But death fled him, and on the seventh day he had tidings.
A man who was hidden among the ruins of the cloisters managed to escape to the Upper City.

From him Caleb learned that the woman, who was said to have been found upon the roof of the gate Nicanor, had been brought before Titus, who gave her over to the charge of a Roman captain, by whom she had been taken without the walls.

He knew no more.

The story was slight enough, yet it sufficed for Caleb, who was certain that this woman must be Miriam.

From that moment he determined to abandon the cause of the Jews, which, indeed, was now hopeless, and to seek out Miriam, wherever she might be.