THE KOHEN IS INEXORABLE I determined to talk to the Kohen, and try for myself whether he might not be accessible to pity.

This greatest of cannibals might, indeed, have his little peculiarities, I thought, and who has not ?--yet at bottom he seemed full of tender and benevolent feeling; and as he evidently spent his whole time in the endeavor to make us happy, it seemed not unlikely that he might do something for our happiness in a case where our very existence was at stake.
The Kohen listened with deep attention as I stated my case.

I did this fully and frankly.

I talked of my love for Almah and of Almah's love for me; our hope that we might be united so as to live happily in reciprocal affection; and I was going on to speak of the dread that was in my heart when he interrupted me: "You speak of being united," said he.

"You talk strangely.