He could see the massive face weighed down by solemn reflection.

He noticed him casting inquiring glances at the sun, as seeking the cause of the darkness.

Nor did he fail to notice the solicitude with which Esther clung to him, smothering her fears to accommodate his wishes.
"Be not afraid," he heard him say to her; "but stay and watch with me.

Thou mayst live twice the span of my life, and see nothing of human interest equal to this; and there may be revelations more.
Let us stay to the close." When the third hour was about half gone, some men of the rudest class--wretches from the tombs about the city--came and stopped in front of the centre cross.
"This is he, the new King of the Jews," said one of them.
The others cried, with laughter, "Hail, all hail, King of the Jews!" Receiving no reply, they went closer.
"If thou be King of the Jews, or Son of God, come down," they said, loudly.
At this, one of the thieves quit groaning, and called to the Nazarene, "Yes, if thou be Christ, save thyself and us." The people laughed and applauded; then, while they were listening for a reply, the other felon was heard to say to the first one, "Dost thou not fear God?
We receive the due rewards of our deeds; but this man hath done nothing amiss." The bystanders were astonished; in the midst of the hush which ensued, the second felon spoke again, but this time to the Nazarene: "Lord," he said, "remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom." Simonides gave a great start.

"When thou comest into thy kingdom!" It was the very point of doubt in his mind; the point he had so often debated with Balthasar.
"Didst thou hear ?" said Ben-Hur to him.