Convinced that you are his wife, he set forth and hath since searched for you without ceasing! See, over there! He seeks you, now!" Laodice looked the way the Greek pointed and saw Philadelphus, standing with lifted head and stretched to his full height, as if searching over the crowd for her.
Panic seized her.

She wrenched herself from the Greek's hold and, forgetting even the protection of Hesper who was within touch of her, she threw herself into the crowd behind her and struggled out of the press.
Nathan, the Christian, saw her turn and followed instantly in the path she made.
Once out, she turned in a bewildered manner this way and that.

What refuge, now, for her, indeed, but the cavern under the ruin and the care of Hesper, until the end which should swallow them all! A trembling hand was laid on her arm.
She whirled, expecting to find Philadelphus.

Beside her, his old face radiant with emotion, stood Momus!.