CHAPTER I.
A Great Day for Israel.
THE cornets sounded a final flourish as the Prince of the Captivity dismounted from his white mule; his train shouted as if they were once more a people; and, had it not been for the contemptuous leer which played upon the countenances of the Moslem bystanders, it might have been taken for a day of triumph rather than of tribute.
'The glory has not departed!' exclaimed the venerable Bostenay, as he entered...
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