Ben-Hur: resumen de Part 6, Chapter 2

Qué sucede

1. The narrator identifies the prisoners and explains how Gratus and Messala arrange their disappearance and the seizure of their estate.
2. Mother and daughter endure thirst and confinement while sustaining each other through faith and thoughts of Ben-Hur.
3. Gesius hears their appeal, and the tribune sends men to break open the sealed entrance.
4. The women warn their rescuers that they have leprosy, and the narrator describes their illness and enforced exclusion.
5. The mother identifies herself, and the tribune records her account and orders food, water, clothing, and release.
6. At night, the women leave through the Tower gate and ask where they can go.

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En qué fijarte

The warning reveals why rescue cannot restore their former life. Her concern for others forces her to announce the condition that separates them from society.

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