But tell me of the Roman.

He is very wicked, is he not ?" "I cannot say." "Is he of noble family, and rich ?" "I cannot speak of his riches." "How beautiful his horses were! and the bed of his chariot was gold, and the wheels ivory.

And his audacity! The bystanders laughed as he rode away; they, who were so nearly under his wheels!" She laughed at the recollection.
"They were rabble," said Ben-Hur, bitterly.
"He must be one of the monsters who are said to be growing up in Rome--Apollos ravenous as Cerberus.

Does he reside in Antioch ?" "He is of the East somewhere." "Egypt would suit him better than Syria." "Hardly," Ben-Hur replied.

"Cleopatra is dead." That instant the lamps burning before the door of the tent came into view.
"The dowar!" she cried.
"Ah, then, we have not been to Egypt.