Sir Charleroy’s band approach Shunem, the City of Elijah—The surprise—Sir Charleroy the captive of Azrael the Mameluke—The Mohammedan heaven depicted—“A hair, the bridge over hell”—The odoriferous houris—A gorgeous charnel-house blasted—The prodigal becomes the herald of purity—The Knight of Saint Mary and the Jewish Spy—Adversity makes the Knight and the Jew friends—The Knight instructing Ichabod—“’Till Shiloh comes”—“The true, refined and final Judaism”—“The east and the west embracing; truth leading.”—An honest doubt is a real prayer. Page 82 CHAPTER VIII.—FROM JERICHO TO JORDAN. The radiant proselyte—Climbing to glory—The ghostly forms hovering over submerged Sodom—Jordan’s sweetening—Siddim-angels among the willows and oleanders by the Dead Sea—Summonsed to fight for the Crescent or go to the slave mart—Nourahmal “The light of the harem” becomes the disciple and friend of Ichabod—A debate concerning women—A rarity and a wonder—“I told her women had souls; she laughed like a monkey”—The flight from Jericho by night—The lightning—God’s torch—“Canst thou dance rocks into camels?”—A mummy’s flight, and the burial of a live man—“Unclean”—The solemn passage of Jordan. Page 93 CHAPTER IX.—THE FEAST OF THE ROSE. A breakfast of lentils and barley in the wilderness—The gloom of the Knight and the joy of the Jew—Sermons on fate and songs in flowers—The poetry of Ichabod—Celibacy a reward at Rome—Kneph “The father of his mother”—The heathen and the Christian “Feast of the Rose”—The summary of the events in Mary’s life and in the life of Jesus—The Egyptian Rosary—Neb-ta the maiden sister—The egg and the cross, ancient signs of immortality—The Copt priest—The insights of the Egyptians symbolized by the Sphinx. Page 113 CHAPTER X.—AFTER EVE, ESTHER OR MARY? By Jabbock, in the native place of Ichabod—Israelitish maidens keeping the feast of Esther—Religious love, filial love and lover’s love—The poetic Jew’s rhapsody concerning affection—God’s voice in the Garden—The ideal women of the Old Testament and of the New—The Jew’s cry for mother—Vacillating Sir Charleroy—“Echo’s Magic”—Jewish customs. Page 135 CHAPTER XI.—THE FEAST OF PURIM. A night-scene by Jabbock—Harrimai the priest, and his daughter Rizpah—The religious ceremonial and the revel—Sir Charleroy and Rizpah as “Ahasuerus and Esther”—The Knight’s secret discovered—Conquest of a woman’s heart through pity—“Of what metals Jewish maidens are.” Page 152 CHAPTER XII.—ASTARTE OR MARY?