The mountain and the mouse.

That is like to be all we shall ever have to do with Arcturus or Aldebaran.

Can you apply a parable ?' he added, laying his hand upon Will's shoulder.

'It is not the same thing as a reason, but usually vastly more convincing.' Will hung his head a little, and then raised it once more to heaven.

The stars seemed to expand and emit a sharper brilliancy; and as he kept turning his eyes higher and higher, they seemed to increase in multitude under his gaze.
'I see,' he said, turning to the young man.