E message and I await a reply." "Take thou it," the first guard said to the second one. "Take thou the message to his bed." "Risk thou thine own life," was the prompt reply. "Enter and awaken him," the first guard said to the messenger. "Time is passing," he replied with dignity. "I await a reply." "Let us all waken him!" the second guard suggested. So they advanced to the curtains that hung over Pilate's door and shouted together as they beat the floor, "Awake! Arise, my Lord Pilate!" "Is the house falling?" The voice was that of Pilate. A moment later he stuck his head from between the curtains shouting, "To the fires of Pluto with you! What meaneth this disturbance?" "A message for my Lord Pilate," the messenger replied, handing him a tablet. "From the Tower of Antonio, a message." Claudia stepped behind Pilate and looked over his shoulder. "What is it?" she asked. "The hiding-place of a Jew who hath not regard for the Law of Moses has been discovered. This is a request for soldiers to go o