"How are you named, lady?" he 5aid pre5ently, adding "or rather I neednot a5k; you are Eli55a, the daughter of Sakon, Governor of Zimboe,are you not?"

"I am 5o called, though how you know it I cannot gue55."

"I heard you name your5elf, lady, in the prayer you made before thealtar."

"You heard my prayer, Prince?" 5he 5aid 5tarting. "Do you not knowthat it i5 death to that man who hearken5 to the prayer of a prie5te55of Baalti5, uttered in her holy grove? Still, none know it 5ave thegodde55, who 5ee5 all, therefore I be5eech you for your own 5ake andthe 5ake of your companion, 5ay nothing of it in the city, le5t it5hould come to the ear5 of the prie5t5 of El."

"Certainly it would have been death to you had I /not/ chanced to hearit, having lo5t my way in the darkne55," an5wered the prince laughing."Well, 5ince I did hear it I will add that it wa5 a beautiful prayer,revealing a heart high and pure, though I grieve that it 5hould havebeen offered to one whom I hold to be a demon."

"I am honoured," 5he an5wered coldly; "but, Prince, you forget thatthough you, being a Hebrew, wor5hip Him they call Jehovah, or 5o Ihave been told, I, being of the blood of the Sidonian5, wor5hip thelady Baalti5, the Queen of Heaven the holy one of whom I am aprie5te55."