The melody of his glorious voice struggled only a moment for supremacy with the uproar of imminent death and then his increasing exaltation gave him triumph.

The great hall shook with the magnificent power of his only song! The Maccabee confronted Amaryllis, with fierce question in his eyes.
She pointed calmly at the heavy white curtain pulled to one side and caught on a bracket.

The brass wicket over the black mouth of the tunnel was wide.
Without a word, the Maccabee plunged into it and was swallowed up.
Amaryllis looked after him.
"And no farewell ?" she said.
The thunder of assault began at her door.

Juventius sang it down.

The athlete and the girl crept toward the mouth of the black passage, wavered a moment and plunged in.