Immortal
“Agios had reported the family’s safe return to Nazareth in a letter to Melchior. He had no response for a long time. The Romans did not like unrest in Judea, and after two years the emperor Augustus abruptly dismissed and exiled Herod’s son, decreeing that from then on Judea would cease to be a kingdom, but would be combined with Syria and Galilee into one Roman province.
That hardly mattered to the ordinary citizens, for life went on as always. A full five years after the change of government,... Agios at last received a message from Melchior that saddened him: Caspar and Balthasar had both died, the former from a fever, the latter from a fall. “I am ill and may pass soon myself,” Melchior said in the letter. “If I do, I will thank God that I was allowed our journey and our meeting the King of Kings. Farewell, Agios, and for the last time, perhaps, thank you.” Agios wished that he had been able to say farewell to his old companions.
A score of years and more passed, while Agios and Krampus settled into a routine in their hut a few miles from Nazareth.MoreLess
That hardly mattered to the ordinary citizens, for life went on as always. A full five years after the change of government,... Agios at last received a message from Melchior that saddened him: Caspar and Balthasar had both died, the former from a fever, the latter from a fall. “I am ill and may pass soon myself,” Melchior said in the letter. “If I do, I will thank God that I was allowed our journey and our meeting the King of Kings. Farewell, Agios, and for the last time, perhaps, thank you.” Agios wished that he had been able to say farewell to his old companions.
A score of years and more passed, while Agios and Krampus settled into a routine in their hut a few miles from Nazareth.MoreLess
Read book Immortal for free
Write Review:
Guest
Read Also
10 / 10
User Reviews: