Then he opened the chest and looked at the mute wooden scroll cases.

Moses is holding the table of laws, while the prophet holds his scroll case.

A strange feeling came over him as he examined the exterior of the scroll case.

The messenger bowed and handed over a second scroll case.

He squatted down on his hauncJ1es as if to drink and examined the scroll case.

Gerard eyed the scroll case, started to open it, hesitated.

Gerard asked himself, the scroll case un- opened in his hand.

Her hands held the scroll case gently, careful of the delicate embroidery.

He took with him the embroidered scroll case, that artifact of another time.

He showed her the polished end of a scroll case.