Soon
the day of retribution shall overtake them; for He that is higher than
the highest shall surely avenge himself on these workers of iniquity.'"
"Believe not this man, O king!" said the pale and trembling Fraggood,
"seeing he prepareth lying words before thee."
At this moment a young man, whose countenance denoted some passion,
rushed on the stage, and, without any apology or ceremony, began to
speak:
"Let not the worthy and aged Apgomer be called a liar! A lie never
escaped those venerable lips, O king! As soon may the gods lie! Thy
servant is the doorkeeper of the Garden. I can testify to the existence
of a plot to destroy Daniel."
"It is enough!" cried the king. "Seize the guilty wretches! Let the
cowardly liars meet the doom they had prepared for my servant Daniel! Up!
and throw them to the lions!"
No sooner were the words spoken than a score of willing hands seized the
forms of the conspirators, and, amid the curses of an indignant throng,
they were thrown to the depth of the den, to meet a far different fate
from that of the man of God.
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