"Is it a miracle ?" he finally asked, "and has your speech been restored to you, or have you been able to speak all the time ?" "I have been able, but not willing," was the reply.

"I had thought to die without speaking to a human being.

I even avoided my fellows, believing myself sufficient unto myself.

But God has punished my arrogance and shown me my weakness.

Until you came no stranger has ever set foot within this dwelling, to none have I spoken, and not even to you did I intend to speak, but with your going my folly became plain.