ould hardly be that he would have
saved me from the vengeance of the people, for as he says he is in
disfavor with the king, and his conduct in allowing me to go free
merely on my own assertion of my innocence is likely to do him further
harm. This he would assuredly never have risked had it not been for
the tie between us of a common faith in one great God."

"It is a strange story," Jethro said when Amuba brought his narrative
to a conclusion, "and you have had a marvelous escape. Had it not been
for the arrival of this prince upon the spot at the very moment you
must have been killed. Had he not have been of a compassionate nature
he would never, in the first place, have interfered on your behalf;
and had it not been for your common faith, he would have held you
until the officials arrived to claim you. Then, too, you were
fortunate, indeed, in the kindness of your guide; for evidently had it
not been for your long rest, and the steps he took to reduce the heat
of your wounds, you must have fallen into the hands of the searchers
this morning. Above all, I consider it extraordinary that you should
at the critical moment have been rescued by perhaps the one man in
Egypt who would have had the will and the courage to save you."

Upon the following morning Jethro and Amuba succeeded with some
difficulty in dissuading Chebron from his determination to give
himself up, the argument that had the most powerful effect being that
by so doing he would be disobeying the last orders of his father. It
was resolved that in future as a better disguise he should be attired
as a woman, and that the watch upon the house of Ptylus should be
recommenced; but that they should station themselves further away. It
was thought, indeed, that the search in that neighborhood was likely
to be less rigorous than elsewhere, as it would not be thought
probable that the fugitives would return to a spot where they had been
recognized. Amuba's disguise was completely altered. He was still in
the dress of a peasant, but, by means of pigments obtained from
Chigron, Jethro so transformed him as to give him, to a casual
observer, the appearance of advanced years.

They had had a long discussion as to the plan they would adopt, Amuba
and Jethro wishing Chebron to leave the watching entirely to them. But
this he would not hear of, saying that he was confident that, in his
disguise as a woman, no one would know him.

"We must find out which way he goes, t