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and shook their heads, and one to the other said: "Perceive ye how we prevail nothing? Behold the world is gone after Him."
Then, headed by Pontius Pilate, they filed out one by one, leaving Caiaphas still standing at the window, looking after the people that had deserted him, and turning over within his heart schemes for the achievement of his revenge; for vengeance would be to him henceforth the sole pursuit of his earthly life, and the basis of his life eternal. The sweetness of life to him now would be when the cry "Hosanna!" should be changed to that of Crucify!"
