He mocks them, does the Lord Oro.
He asks for their submission here and now, and that in the name of the Nations they should take the great oath which may not be broken, swearing to cease from war upon the Sons of Wisdom and to obey them in all things to the ends of the earth.

Some of the ambassadors would yield.

They look about them like wild things that are trapped.

But madness takes the Prince.

He cries that the oath of an ape is of no account, but that he will tear up the Children of Wisdom as an ape tears leaves, and afterwards take the divine Lady to be his wife.
"Look on the Lord Oro!" continued the living Yva, "his wrath leaves him.
He grows cold and smiles.