CHAPTER XXVIII.—THE QUEEN IN THE VALLEY OF SORROWS.

Father and daughter at Acre—The mysterious Hospitaler—From Acre to Joppa—“The myths are as full of women as the women are full of myths”—The wars of men about women—At Jerusalem—The wonderful words of the Knight-Hospitaler, turned preacher—The _Via Dolorosa_—The Valley of Jehosaphat—The mountain outlook—“Soldiers Speed the Cross”—Mary, the sun of women, rising in moral grandeur above the women of the grove-shrines—The panorama of the ages, passing before Mary’s mind. Page 419