The Ironsmith
“However, he was not far along before he abandoned this idea. It was all too specific, too full of direct quotations that had the ring of authenticity.
Thus it was with a mingling of excitement and fear that Eleazar made his way from line to line of Noah’s Hebrew, so magisterially perfect that it was almost like reading an intelligence report written by the Prophet Isaiah. Indeed, the rebuke of Antipas was all the more stunning for coming from a chorus of voices, their identities concealed, but ...in one case, at least, perfectly obvious.
Eleazar knew that Noah had dined with Lucius Flaccus in Damascus, and many of the expressions attributed to a “high Roman official” sounded exactly like the man who over the years had honored Eleazar with several private conversations.
Although, judging from the candor of some of his remarks, the imperial legate must have been deep in his wine that night.
But it was all perfectly believable. Besides, Eleazar tended to trust the ironsmith, who did not seem to possess the temperament of one who simply made things up.MoreLess
Thus it was with a mingling of excitement and fear that Eleazar made his way from line to line of Noah’s Hebrew, so magisterially perfect that it was almost like reading an intelligence report written by the Prophet Isaiah. Indeed, the rebuke of Antipas was all the more stunning for coming from a chorus of voices, their identities concealed, but ...in one case, at least, perfectly obvious.
Eleazar knew that Noah had dined with Lucius Flaccus in Damascus, and many of the expressions attributed to a “high Roman official” sounded exactly like the man who over the years had honored Eleazar with several private conversations.
Although, judging from the candor of some of his remarks, the imperial legate must have been deep in his wine that night.
But it was all perfectly believable. Besides, Eleazar tended to trust the ironsmith, who did not seem to possess the temperament of one who simply made things up.MoreLess
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