Christ Legends

ad the strength to renounce all the wealth and power to which she had become accustomed. "I wonder if she will not soon go back to Tiberius?" they asked themselve

u going to rid him of his great contempt for mankind? Who could go to him and teach him

aid the wife. "I often think of how it would turn out, i

wife gave birth to a child. The old woman had the care of it; she seemed so cont

to Rome. There she did not seek a soul, but went straight to the Forum. Here she stopped

On the top of the altar, Fortuna, the goddess of happiness, was enthroned, and at its foot was a statue of Tiberiu

ance in there and saw that both the goddess' and the Emperor's statue were wreathed in flowers; that the sacrificial fire burned; that throngs of rever

stion a human being, that Tiberius was still a

re burned before the statue, and not a worshiper was seen. A couple of dried garlands still hung on one side of the altar, but this was all th

by. "What does this mean?" she asked. "Is

l Emperor, but we have ceased to pray for

ins, where one learns nothing of what happens out in the world. Wo

nd his toes and fingers are rotting away. And for this illness there appears to be no remedy. They believe that he will die within a few weeks. But if he does not die, he will be dethroned, for such an ill and wretched man can no longer conduct the affairs of State. You unders

ay; but the old woman s

ke one whom age has subdued. She stood with bent back and t

e moved her feet slowly. She looked around to

endous effort of the will, she suc