Stretching out his hand, he said, "I see thy spirit, son of Hur, and I am grateful to the Lord that he hath sent thee to me such as thou art.

If I served well thy father in life, and his memory afterwards, be not afraid of default to thee; yet must I say the exception cannot stand." Exhibiting, then, the reserved sheet, he continued, "Thou hast not all the account.

Take this and read--read aloud." Ben-Hur took the supplement, and read it.
"Statement of the servants of Hur, rendered by Simonides, steward of the estate.
1.

Amrah, Egyptian, keeping the palace in Jerusalem.
2.

Simonides, the steward, in Antioch.
3.