13. NOTURNING BACK
With Samuel imprisoned and Caleb injured, Nathan tells a
discouraged Macky the story of Elijah and King Ahab to help restore
his hope. Portia hears that Daniel, the father of Rebecca and Leah,
has been captured by the Romans in Jerusalem and that she is being
moved away from Alexandria to Jerusalem with her Uncle. She
brings the distressing news to Macky and the girls and Macky makes
a promise to Rebecca and Leah that he will, somehow, rescue their
father.
A torrential rainstorm commences and Samuel tells his frightened
fellow prisoners the story of the First Pentecost. Sollie devises a
scheme to use the rainwater to flood the palace jail, forcing the
guards to open the jail doors. Samuel is finally free, but now Macky
tells his parents of his decision to go to Jerusalem, with Portia. Samuel
and Diana see that they must let go of their young son. Macky must
travel his next journey alone.
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