The Essene did not know who Paul was, nor of whom he was speaking, and at the end of Paul’s relation the brother answered that there might be two hundred feet from the pathway to the brook, more than that in many places; but thou’lt see for thyself; I may not leave my work. If a man be dying the Essene, by his rule, must succour him, Paul said. But I know not, the Essene answered, that any man be dying in the brook. We believe thy comrade held on to the road to Cæsarea. So it may have befallen, Paul said, but it may be else. It may be, the Essene answered, but not likely. He held on to the road to Cæsarea, and finding thee no longer with him kept on—or rolled over the cliff, Paul interrupted. Well, see for thyself; and if he be at the bottom I’ll come to help thee. But it is a long way dow
