"They did not understand him, then; he is but a new-comer from Galilee." "And I was not there; I was not there!" Saul exclaimed regretfully. "What is he called?" "Stephen." There was a sound from the direction of the silent pupil. They looked that way to see that he had dropped his scroll and had sprung to his feet. The Levite dropped his head between his shoulders and scrutinized him sharply. But the young man had fixed his eyes upon Saul, as if waiting for his answer. "Stephen of Galilee," the Levite added, watching the young man. "A Hellenist; and he wrapped his blasphemy so subtly in philosophy that none detected it until after much thought." The young man turned his face toward the speaker and a glimmer of anger showed in his black eyes. "It is bold blasphemy which ventures into a synagogue," Saul said half to himself. "Ah! thou pointest to the sign of peril," the Levite resumed. "Boldness is the banner of strength; strength is the fruit of numbers; and numbers of apostates will be the ruin of Judea and the forgetting of God!" Saul caught up his scrip which lay beside him, but Eleazar continued to gaze at the beam of light penetrating the chamber. "Wherefore the High Priest is troubled, and, laying aside all his private ambitions, henceforward he will devote himself to the preservation of the faith," the Levite continued. "Which means," Eleazar interrupted, "the persecution of the apostate." The Levite spread out his hands and lifted his shoulders. The Rabbi Eleazar forged too far ahead. "It is our duty, Eleazar," Saul said, "to discover if this Galilean preaches heresy. Let us go to the synagogue." Eleazar arose, a towering man, broad, heavy and slow, but his rising was as the rising of opposition. "I am enlisted in the teaching of the Law, not in the suppression of heresy," he said bluntly. "Furthermore, my work here is not yet complete. Wilt thou excuse me, my brother?" "Let me not keep thee from thy duty," Saul answered courteously. "Joel! Come with me," Eleazar commanded, and together the two disappeared into the interior of the college. Then the young man who had held his place came out of the shadows into the broad beam of the sun, which fell now over Saul. "Peace to thee, Saul," he said; "peace and greeting." The voice, in contrast to the tones of the men who had lately discussed, was very calm and level, restrained by cultivation, yet one which is never characteristic of an undecided nature. "Thou, Marsyas!" Saul exclaimed in sudden recognition. He extended his hands to meet the other's in a greeting that was more affectionate than conventional. The young man with sudden impulsiveness raised the hands and pressed them to his breast. "Saul! Saul!" he repeated with a quiver of emotion in his voice. "And none hath supplanted me in thy loves, Marsyas?" Saul smiled. "Art thou come hither for instruction? Am I to have thee by me now in Jerusalem?"