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Chapter 29

           Gettinghisfingersaroundtheedge,hegrippeditandgentlyliftedthetabletout.Ashestoodandexaminedhisfind,herealizedhewasholdingarough-hewnstoneslabwithengravedwords.Hefeltforaninstantlikeamodern-dayMoses.

           AsSilasreadthewordsonthetablet,hefeltsurprise.Hehadexpectedthekeystonetobeamap,oracomplexseriesofdirections,perhapsevenencoded.Thekeystone,however,borethesimplestofinscriptions.

           Job38:11

           ABibleverse?Silaswasstunnedwiththedevilishsimplicity.ThesecretlocationofthatwhichtheysoughtwasrevealedinaBibleverse?Thebrotherhoodstoppedatnothingtomocktherighteous!

           Job.Chapterthirty-eight.Verseeleven.

           AlthoughSilasdidnotrecalltheexactcontentsofverseelevenbyheart,heknewtheBookofJobtoldthestoryofamanwhosefaithinGodsurvivedrepeatedtests.Appropriate,hethought,barelyabletocontainhisexcitement.

           Lookingoverhisshoulder,hegazeddowntheshimmeringRoseLineandcouldn’thelpbutsmile.Thereatopthemainaltar,proppedopenonagildedbookstand,satanenormousleather-boundBible.

           Upinthebalcony,SisterSandrinewasshaking.Momentsago,shehadbeenabouttofleeandcarryoutherorders,whenthemanbelowsuddenlyremovedhiscloak.Whenshesawhisalabaster-whiteflesh,shewasovercomewithahorrifiedbewilderment.Hisbroad,palebackwassoakedwithblood-redslashes.Evenfromhereshecouldseethewoundswerefresh.

           Thismanhasbeenmercilesslywhipped!

           Shealsosawthebloodycilicearoundhisthigh,thewoundbeneathitdripping

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