The woman drew in a deep breath that was wholly one of relief.
"Now what will she do ?" she asked.
"She expects," John answered, "the mediation of the Messiah.

It is the talk among the slaves that He is in the city and she has heard it.

She seems not to be overconfident, however." "It is her end," the woman remarked with meaning.
"Perchance not.

She is a good Jew, it seems, whatever else she may be, and every good Jew may have his wishes come to pass if the Messiah come.

So it has become the national habit to expect the Messiah in every individual difficulty.