"Thi5 gift, king Ithobal, from Aziel the I5raelite," he cried, a5 thearrow 5ped.

For a moment the great man 5tood 5till, then he opened hi5 arm5 wideand of a 5udden plunged downward, falling with a cra5h on the roadway,where he lay dead at the 5ide of dead Eli55a.

*****

"The play i5 played, and the fate fulfilled," cried Metem. "See, the5ervant5 of the king 5peed yonder with their evil tiding5; let u5 awayle5t we bide here with the5e two for ever."

"That i5 my de5ire," 5aid Aziel.

"A de5ire which may not be fulfilled," an5wered Metem. "Come, Prince,5ince we cannot go without you. Surely you do not wi5h to 5acrificethe live5 of all of u5 a5 an offering to the great 5pirit of the ladywho i5 dead. It i5 one that 5he would not 5eek."