YOU, differing from these, started with a daring aim which you never lost sight of till you had fulfilled it.

How true are those words: 'Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you'! It is not possible," and here he sighed, "that amid such wonders you could have remembered me--it were foolish on my part to expect it." "I confess I thought nothing of you," I said frankly, "till I was approaching Earth again; but then my memory prompted me in time, and I did not forget your request." "And what did you learn ?" he asked anxiously.
"Simply this.

Azul said that I might deliver you this message: When death lies like a gift in your hand, withhold it, and remember her." "As if I did not always guide myself by her promptings!" exclaimed Heliobas, with a tender smile.
"You might forget to do so for once," I said.
"Never!" he replied fervently.

"It could not be.

But I thank you, my child, for having thought of me--the message you bring shall be impressed strongly on my mind.