Page 22 - The Prophet-statesman a Drama of Daniel

Ashpenaz, after expressing high praise for the beauty of the murals, bowed low
before the king and retired through the door, on the inside of which, and facing the king,

had stood in silence through the whole time of his visit, Arioch, the captain of the guard.
None knew better than these two the fickle moods of the king, and the danger of
incurring his anger in the slightest degree. They had observed others who had fallen
from a high degree of favor to a sudden sentence of death by decapitation, and that

almost over night. They therefore dared not presume that his present expansive and
genial mood would continue indefinitely, but knew that it behooved them to be ever
alert to please and obey him in every detail.