She will not bring trouble upon its people." So far he had got when the goddess became violently agitated.

She beckoned to the priest and when he came to her side she spoke quickly to him in an undertone.

For the last second or two the goddess had grown quite human and even feminine.

She was rating the priest well and she did it spitefully.

It was a crestfallen priest who returned to Ralston.
"The goddess, however, makes a condition," said he.