"So haste thee away; and if thou hast any
authority, let it be displayed within its own sphere."
"Ah!" cried Shagoth, "ye are doomed to die! See ye not the heated smoke
of the fiery furnace? Your guilty and rash conduct shall be made known to
the king without delay. Your guilty career is well-nigh run; and Chaldea
shall soon be delivered from the curse of foreign office-holders."
"But not from the curse of a groveling, envious, unprincipled horde of
office-seekers," said Azariah, casting a withering glance on the two
brothers.
"Away, brother!" cried Scribbo. "For why should we hear the abusive
harangue of these overfed demagogues?"
And away the patriots hurried with their complaint to the king.
The monarch was surrounded by a large number of his nobles, who were loud
in their congratulations at the complete success that had crowned the
day.
An officer in uniform came forward, and bowed low in the presence of the
king.
"What is thy pleasure, Arioch!" asked Nebuchadnezzar.
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