"
A knock was heard. The door was opened, and the pleasant voice of the
newcomer gave them to understand that he was no other than the
kind-hearted Apgomer.
"I trouble you, at this time, as a bearer of dispatches from my kind
master, Belteshazzar, who is now in Egypt, on government business of
pressing importance. Before he left, he gave me positive orders to
deliver all messages to his cousins without the least delay."
"Thou art ever welcome, dear Apgomer!" answered Hananiah. "and especially
to-day, as a bearer of a dispatch from one we love so well."
"And here is another, from one that, peradventure, ye love the more. Ye
perceive that the children of Judah have some confidence in their
Chaldean friend."
"And great is the confidence thou deservest, as one that has proved
himself a genuine friend in every trial," said Azariah.
"Let not my noble friend speak thus!" said the modest Chaldean, "for I
deserve it not. I must return, and any further dispatches that may be
sent to my care shall, without delay, be conveyed hither.
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