Hi, David!
DC>>     is that the love of Falco's life is many steps above him, socially
DC>>     and financially, while Gordianus' love turn's out to be his female
DC>>     slave.
DC>Who is from Alexandria, is named Bethesda, and so is almost
DC>certainly Jewish, though neither he nor she ever mentions
DC>anything.
DC>Bethesda is a pool of healing near Jerusalem. It's mentioned in
DC>the Bible. It's better known as the home of Bethesda Naval
DC>Medical Center. (There's also a Bethesda in Ohio, near
DC>Zanesville, which was the original home of Zane Grey.)
Gee, I thought that Bethesda Naval Medical Center was in Maryland?  I
didn't realize that we had ceded it to the Israelis or the
Palestinians. ;->
RussJ
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