And where were there not others to be moved by him?
Ben-Hur arose, and tried the doors again.

Once he called out; the room echoed so that he was startled.

With such calmness as he could assume, he made up his mind to wait a time before attempting to break a way out.
In such a situation the mind has its ebb and flow of disquiet, with intervals of peace between.

At length--how long, though, he could not have said--he came to the conclusion that the affair was an accident or mistake.

The palace certainly belonged to somebody; it must have care and keeping: and the keeper would come; the evening or the night would bring him.