[The Wizard by H. Rider Haggard]@TWC D-Link bookThe Wizard CHAPTER XV 3/12
It is true I know that you plotted with the Prince Hafela to poison Umsuka the King, for it was revealed to me.
It chanced, however, that I was able to recover Umsuka from his sickness, and Hafela is fled, so why should I bring up the deed against you? It is true that you still practise witchcraft, and that you hate and strive against the holy Faith which I preach; but you were brought up to wizardry and have been the priest of another creed, and these things plead for you. "Also, Hokosa, I can see the good and evil struggling in your soul, and I pray and I believe that in the end the good will master the evil; that you who have been pre-eminent in sin will come to be pre-eminent in righteousness.
Oh! be not stubborn, but listen with your ear, and let your heart be softened.
The gate stands open, and I am the guide appointed to show you the way without reward or fee.
Follow them ere it be too late, that in time to come when my voice is stilled you also may be able to direct the feet of wanderers into the paths of peace.
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