Perpetua. A Tale of Nimes in A.D. 213
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CHAPTER XXIV
CREDO
Many days had passed. All was calm in Nemausus. The games were over.
The day succeeding that we have described was warm and spring-like. Thesun shone brilliantly. Every trace of the snow had disappeared, and thewater-fight in the amphitheater had surpassed the expectations of thepeople. They had enjoyed themselves heartily.
All had returned to its old order. The wool merchant took fresh commands,and sent his travelers into the Cebennae to secure the winter fleeces. Thewoman who had the flower-shop sold garlands as fast as she could weavethem. The potter spread out a fresh collection of his wares and did a goodbusiness with them.
The disturbances that had taken place were no more spoken about. Thedeaths of Marcianus, Baudillas and Perpetua hardly occupied any thoughts,save only those of their relatives and the Christians.
The general public had seen a show, and the show over, they had otherconcerns to occupy them.
Now both Pedo and Blanda were free, and the long tarrying was over. Theyhad loved when young, they came together in the autumn of their lives.
In the heart of the Church of Nemausus there was not forgetfulness of itsheroes.