Chapter 25 XXV SEEKING AFTER A SIGN

'What answer has he sent back, father?' asked Hypatia, as Theon re-entered her chamber, after delivering that hapless letter to Philammon.

'Insolent that he is! he tore it to fragments and tied forth without a word.'

'Let him go, and desert us like the rest, in our calamity!'

'At least, we have the jewels.'

'The jewels? Let them be retu