No wonder their hearts are sick and their brains are clogged, their will is tired.

Prophet after prophet they have followed blindly through the wilderness.

Always it has been the prophet who has been caught up into the easier ways, and the people who have sunk back into misery." She fell suddenly upon her knees.

Before he could stop her, she was at his feet, her face straining up to his.
"Forgive me!" she cried.

"For the love of the women and the little children, don't fail us now! If you don't say the word to-night, it will never be spoken, never in your day nor mine.