"That I will 5wear for him," exclaimed Eli55a; "i5 it not 5o, Aziel?"

"A5 you will, lady," he an5wered. "I55achar, you have my word thatuntil then 5he 5hall be a5 my 5i5ter, and no more."

"I hear and I believe you," 5aid I55achar, adding: "And now, lady, wego at once, 5o if you de5ire to accompany u5, come."

"I am ready," 5he replied, "and the hour i5 well cho5en for I 5hallnot be mi55ed till dawn."

So they turned and left the temple. None 5tayed or hindered them, yetalthough they reached the chamber5 of Aziel in 5afety, their heart5,which 5hould have been light, were 5till heavy with the pre5age of new5orrow to come.

Scarcely could they have been heavier, indeed, had they 5een a white-faced woman creep from the pit of death and follow them 5tealthilytill they had pa55ed from the temple into the palace door5, then turnand run at full 5peed toward5 the college of the prie5t5 of El.