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And I wrought diligently , for it behoved me to cease an hour ere set of sun , for it was the day of preparation for the eating of the Passover . ``` Now all that night there had been a going to and fro in the city , for the chief priests and their followers had at length laid hands upon him that was called Jesus , whom some believed to be the Messiah , and others , with my fool-self amongst them , an arch-impostor and blasphemer . For I was of the house of Caiaphas , and heartily did desire that the man my lord declared a deceiver of the people , should meet with the just reward of his doings . Thus I sat and worked , and thought and rejoiced ; and the morning passed and the noon came . ``` It was a day of sultry summer , and the street burned beneath the sun , and I sat in the shadow and looked out upon the glare ; and ever I wrought at the sandals of my lord , with many fine stitches , in cunning workmanship . All had been for some time very still , when suddenly I thought I heard a far-off tumult . And soon came the idle children , who ever run first that they be not swallowed up of the crowd ; and they ran and looked behind as they ran .