[Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ by Lew Wallace]@TWC D-Link bookBen-Hur: A Tale of the Christ CHAPTER VI 4/22
Where were they? And what had become of them? "It was not enough that my people should be made lepers," said the son, over and over again, with what intensity of bitterness the reader may imagine; "that was not enough.
Oh no! They must be stoned from their native city! My mother is dead! she has wandered to the wilderness! she is dead! Tirzah is dead! I alone am left.
And for what? How long, O God, thou Lord God of my fathers, how long shall this Rome endure ?" Angry, hopeless, vengeful, he entered the court of the khan, and found it crowded with people come in during the night.
While he ate his breakfast, he listened to some of them.
To one party he was specially attracted.
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