Just then, Tamar came to tell them that a man with a laden cart had arrived.
“Ah, that will be Euodia’s belongings, there are many. I will explain later,” Silas responded.
“Tamar, this is Euodia, Deborah’s new maid. Take her to the room Rhoda shared with you girls. She can have her sleeping place, and tell the man with the goods to leave them in the room by the door,” Hannah instructed, glad of the breathing space before Euodia and Deborah met.
Tamar led Euodia to the servants’ bedroom, trying to keep up a friendly chatter, but unsure what to make of this new development. So much was changing.
Euodia set her jaw and determined that as soon as possible, she would speak to Silas and tell him that she needed a room to herself so that she and the helpers that Alexios had organised would be
