



Produced by John Bickers; Dagny





PEARL-MAIDEN


A Tale Of The Fall of Jerusalem


By H. Rider Haggard

First Published 1901.

TO

GLADYS CHRISTIAN

A DWELLER IN THE EAST THIS EASTERN TALE IS DEDICATED BY HER OWN AND HER
FATHER'S FRIEND

THE AUTHOR

Ditchingham: September 14, 1902.





PEARL-MAIDEN



CHAPTER I

THE PRISON AT CAESAREA

It was but two hours after midnight, yet