His influence over the impassive English was another miracle, yet he had also set on fire France, Germany, and Spain.

Percy here described one or two of his little scenes, saying that it was like the vision of a god: and he quoted freely some of the titles given to the Man by sober, unhysterical newspapers.

Felsenburgh was called the Son of Man, because he was so pure-bred a cosmopolitan; the Saviour of the World, because he had slain war and himself survived--even--even--here Percy's voice faltered--even Incarnate God, because he was the perfect representative of divine man.
The quiet, priestly face watching opposite never winced or moved; and he went on.
Persecution, he said, was coming.

There had been a riot or two already.
But persecution was not to be feared.

It would no doubt cause apostasies, as it had always done, but these were deplorable only on account of the individual apostates.