A sister! What else was worth caring for upon earth?
'And she was at Athens when Pelagia was'-- he cried at last--'perhaps knew her--let us go to Pelagia herself!' 'Heaven forbid!' said Arsenius.

'We must wait at least till Miriam's answer comes.' 'I can show you her house at least in the meanwhile; and you can go in yourself when you will.

I do not ask to enter.

Come! I feel certain that my finding her is in some way bound up with Pelagia.

Had I not met her on the Nile, had you not met her in the street, I might never have heard that I had a sister.