those to whom he was required to return.

Resolute in his purpose to remain loyal to the oath which bound him to
the Egyptian standard, yet moved to the very depths of his heart, he
entered the slave's little hut, and his anger rose when he saw old Eliab
sitting up, mixing some wine and water with his own hands. So he had
been summoned from his nephew's sick-bed, and robbed of his night's rest,
on a false pretence, in order that a slave, in his eyes scarcely entitled
to rank as a man, might have his way. Here he himself experienced a
specimen of the selfish craft of which the Egyptians accused his people,
and which certainly did not attract him, Hosea, to them. But the anger
of the just, keen sighted-man quickly subsided at the sight of the girl's
unfeigned joy in her grandfather's speedy recovery. Besides he soon
learned from the old man's aged wife that, shortly after Hogla's
departure, she remembered the wine they had, and as soon as he swallowed
the first draught her husband, whom she had believed had one foot in the
grave, grew better and better. Now he was mixing some more of God's gift
to strengthen himself occasionally by a sip.

Here Eliab interrupted her to say that they owed this and many more
valuable things to the goodness of Nun, Hosea's father, who had given
them, besides their little hut, wine, meal for bread, a milch cow, and
also an ass, so that he could often ride out into the fresh air. He had
likewise left them their granddaughter and some pieces of silver, so that
they could look forward without fear to the end of their days, especially
as they had behind the house a bit of ground, where Hogla meant to raise
radishes, onions, and leeks for their own table. But the best gift of
all was the written document making them and the girl free forever. Ay,
Nun was a true master and father to his people, and the blessing of
Jehovah had followed his gifts; for soon after the departure of the