15/51 And the hunter too was glad, for he said: "'Surely Truth is among them. In time she will moult her feathers, and I shall see her snow-white form.' "But the time passed, and the people sang and danced; but the hunter's heart grew heavy. He crept alone, as of old, to weep; the terrible desire had awakened again in his breast. One day, as he sat alone weeping, it chanced that Wisdom met him. He told the old man what he had done. |