Close by stood
an alidade, an instrument for measuring angles.
There was no visible outlet to this room, but after some search the
uninitiated Hebrew found some stairs of acacia-wood leading up
through a wooden tower. He climbed and climbed, but when he looked
through the loopholes, he found himself always on a level with the
roof of the domed room. But he continued to ascend, and after he had
again counted a hundred steps and, looked through a loop hole, he
found himself on a level with the floor of the domed room. Then
a wooden door opened, and an elderly man in half-priestly garb
received him with a greeting as though he were a well-known and
expected superior. But when he saw a stranger, he started, and the
two men gazed at each other long, before they could speak. Amram,
who felt unpleasantly surprised, began the verbal encounter:
"Reuben? Don't you know me, the friend of your youth, and your
kinsman in the Promise?"
"Amram, the husband of Jochebed, the son of Kohath! Yes, I know
you!"
"And you here! After you have vanished from my sight for thirty
years!"
"And you?"
"I was sent for to repair a door; that is all; and when I was left
alone, I wanted to look round.
"I am a scribe in the chief school...."
"And sacrificest to strange gods.
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