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The Burial 275






" A remarkable idea! But who could offer him money at night outside the city? And for what? "

" Oh, no, Procurator, it didn't happen like that. I can offer only one supposition, and if it's wrong, then I probably won't come up with any others." Afranius leaned closer to the procurator and added in a whisper, " Judas wanted to hide his money in a safe spot only he knew about"

" A highly subtle explanation. That must have been how it happened. Now I follow you; it wasn't people who lured him out of the city, but his own idea. Yes, yes, that must have been it."

" Precisely. Judas didn't trust anyone. He wanted to hide his money."

" Yes, in Gethsemane, you said. But why is it precisely there that you intend to look for him—that, I confess, I can't understand."

" Oh, Procurator, that is the simplest thing of all. No one is going to hide money on a road or in an empty, open place. Judas wasn't on the road to Kedron or to Bethany. He needed to be in some safe, secluded spot with trees. It's so simple. And there's no place like that near Yershalaim except Gethsemane. He couldn't have gone far."

" You've convinced me completely. So, what is to be done now? "

" I'll start an immediate search for the murderers who followed Judas out of the city, and in the meantime, I will, as I have already reported, turn myself over for prosecution."

" What for? "

" My men lost him this evening in the marketplace after he had left Kaifa's palace. How that happened, I do not know. It has never happened to me before. He was put under observation right after our talk. But in the vicinity of the marketplace he got away and covered his tracks so thoroughly that he vanished without a trace."

" I see. But I am informing you that I do not deem it necessary for you to be prosecuted. You did everything that you could, and no one in the world, " —here the procurator smiled—" could have done more than you did) Reprimand the men who lost Judas in the marketplace. But here, too, I warn you: I do not wish you to reprimand them too severely. After all, we did everything we could to look after that good-for-nothing! Oh, yes, I forgot to ask, " said the procurator, wiping his forehead, " how did they manage to throw the money back at Haifa? "

" You see, Procurator... That wasn't particularly difficult. The avengers went to the back of Kaifa's palace, where the street looks down over the rear courtyard. They threw the packet of money over the fence."

" With a note attached? "

" Yes, exactly as you had imagined, Procurator. And, by the way, " —here Afranius broke the seals on the packet and showed its contents to Pilate.

" Take care what you're doing, Afranius. After all, they're temple seals! "

" The Procurator need not trouble himself about this question, " replied Afranius, closing the packet.



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