Chapter 17 Summary

Soon after, while working in his shop, one of the villagers is talking about the robberies of five houses that happened the previous night. He questions how Rosh could have known these houses contained some of the most wealthy possessions of the village, and how could he have known they would be less guarded while the masters of those houses attended a banquet. Daniel tries to appear uninterested, but does question how anyone would know it was Rosh that was behind the robberies. Then Daniel is told that two men were caught robbing a sixth house. One died immediately, but the other confessed before being killed. Daniel can't help wondering to himself which of his friends was killed.

That evening at the meeting at the watchtower more of the facts of the robbery are revealed. Daniel feels that there should have more meaningful...