After many years, Rizpah dwells in Bozrah with her three children—Rizpah of Bozrah fascinated by Rizpah of Gibeah—Miriamne the daughter of Rizpah—The daughter appalled by her mother’s mysterious hallucinations—The wonders of mother-love—The story of the ancient, Jewish “Mother of Sorrows”—The omen of the bat and the parable of the stars. Page 245 CHAPTER XVIII.—THE QUEEN PROCLAIMED IN THE GIANT CITY. The old and the young Jews—The old Christian priest and his Jewess proselyte—Attacked by Mamelukes—The “Old Clock Man”—The Balsam Band—Miriamne, the Jewess proselyte, questions concerning the queen of the old priest’s heart—The miraculous picture of Mary at Damascus—Silver hands and feet—Crown jewels. Page 264 CHAPTER XIX.—THE STORY OF MARY’S CHILDHOOD. Page 282 CHAPTER XX.—THE WEDDING—THE BIRTH AND THE FLIGHT. The birth of Jesus and the flight to Egypt—Miriamne reads to her mother a Christian account of Mary’s espousal—Rizpah curious but doubtful. Page 293 CHAPTER XXI.—THE QUEEN AND HER FAMILY IN EGYPT. Father Adolphus and Miriamne converse of the Holy Family’s sojourn in Egypt—Heliopolis and the Temple of the Sun—Fire-worshipers—At Memphis, the shrine of Apis the sacred bull—The red heifer of Israel—The Holy Family rescued in Egypt by a robber who afterward died on the cross next to the Savior—The legend of a gipsy’s prophecy concerning Jesus—Zingarella won by the Virgin. Page 312 CHAPTER XXII.—THE SHADOW OF THE CROSS. Rizpah dreading heresy yet charmed by the story of the “Girl Wife”—“Behold my mother and brethren”—Christ’s message to his widowed mother—The “Church of the Terror”—Rizpah’s vision of “Glad Tidings.” Rizpah of Bozrah allured from Rizpah of Gibeah—A hot-chase after an old love—The sword that pierced Mary—The shadow of the cross horrifies Rizpah—The faith of the Nazarene denounced—Miriamne driven from home by her mother. Page 322 CHAPTER XXIII.—THE MISERERE AND THE EASTER ANTHEM. Miriamne alone at night in the giant city—A refuge at the Christian priest’s—The midnight Miserere—Penitents—Easter at Bozrah—Finding the mother-love in God’s heart. Page 337 CHAPTER XXIV.—A HEROINE’S PILGRIMAGE.