"
"Thou art right, my good friend," answered the president, "perfectly
right. There must be a ground of complaint, and I trust we shall be able
to find it. We must find it!"
CHAPTER XXV.
AGAIN the great city of Babylon was all excitement, and expectation was
raised to its highest pitch. The long-expected day had arrived, and the
grand entry of Darius the Mede was momentarily expected by an
enthusiastic and curious throng. By the Babylonians generally, their new
king was regarded in a favorable light. Such had been the profligacy and
tyranny of their late kings, that any change was hailed with gratitude;
and, moreover, the mildness of Darius toward them on a previous
visitation, when accompanied by Cyrus the Persian, had won their regard
and affection. Thousands of the people had gone without the walls to meet
him, and tens of thousands were seen thronging the public grounds in the
vicinity of the royal palaces. At last the monarch's triumphal train
appeared in the distance, the shining spears and bright armor of his
guard glittering in the clear sunbeams.
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