From Jerusalem to Bozrah—The tomb of Ichabod—Sir Charleroy argues against meeting Rizpah—Miriamne’s strong argument in behalf of the lasting obligations of marriage—A husband reaching the climax of revenges—Joseph by kindness kept Mary in sweet mood and so blessed the unborn Christ—“Miriamne, I am a bundle of contradictions!”—The news-rider—A plague at Bozrah—De Griffin’s twins nigh death—Miriamne meets her mother—Reconciliation—A strange funeral; only two women as mourners and pall-bearers. Page 437 CHAPTER XXX.—THE “KNIGHT OF SAINT MARY” AND RIZPAH AT THE GRAVE OF THEIR SONS. Father Adolphus and Sir Charleroy—A ruined temple and a ruined man—“A woman, a woman leading in religion!”—Jesus and Magdalena—The twelve appearings of the lingering Christ—The Savior’s love-letter from heaven to His mother—Lucifer’s attempt at suicide—The kiss befouled by treason—The meeting of Sir Charleroy and Rizpah—“The tomb of giant-love grown to mad-hate.” Page 453 CHAPTER XXXI.—THE ROSE, QUEEN OF HEARTS IN BOZRAH. A scene of domestic happiness—Love the vassal of the will—Neb-ta in the “Judgment Hall of Truth”—The lambs that are offered by sectarian hates—The Arcana of glorious wedded love—Rizpah transformed—Miriamne’s public profession of Christ—Cornelius Woelfkin again appeals for union in wedlock—An inner and an outer Miriamne—The coronation of love—The solemn espousal. Page 467 CHAPTER XXXII.—THE QUEEN AND THE GRAIL-SEEKERS. “The gold of my heart to the man that piloted me to happiness”—Miriamne yearns for a world in sin—Has the Church or God failed?—A revolutionary reformer—The story of the grail quest—The quest of a heavenly cure for human ills—The triumphant Adam and Eve—The queenly women of patriarchal times—The mother of the Savior as the wife of a carpenter—What kept her young heart from breaking—Miriamne’s farewell to Bozrah. Page 484 CHAPTER XXXIII.—THE HOSPITALER’S ORATION. The secret meeting of the Knights at the house of Phebe—Swords bent sickle-like and spears crossed—After war, social victories—Sunrise at midnight—Each career determined by the life that gives life—The girdle of Venus—Next after God, Mary chiefly instrumental in giving the world a Savior. Page 498 CHAPTER XXXIV.—MEMORIALS AT BOZRAH. The death of Dorothea—The priest of the wayside—The wedding of Cornelius and Miriamne—A pilgrimage to the tombs of Adolphus, Charleroy and Rizpah. Backlook, and outlooks. Page 510 CHAPTER XXXV.—THE SISTERS OF BETHANY.