But Layelah was bolder, and with all a woman's impetuosity grasped at my fullest meaning and held it firm.
"He is right," said Layelah--"the heaven-born Atam-or.

He shall be our teacher.

The rich shall be esteemed, the poor shall be down-trodden; to rule over others shall be glorious, to serve shall be base; victory shall be an honor, defeat a shame; selfishness, self-seeking, luxury, and indulgence shall be virtues; poverty, want, and squalor shall be things of abhorrence and contempt." The face of Layelah glowed with enthusiasm as she said these words, and I saw in her a daring, intrepid, and high-hearted woman, full of a woman's headlong impetuosity and disregard of consequences.

In me she saw one who seemed to her like a prophet and teacher of a new order of things, and her whole soul responded to the principles which I announced.

It required immense strength of mind and firmness of soul to separate herself from the prevalent sentiment of her nation; and though nature had done much for her in giving her a larger portion of original selfishness than was common to her people, still she was a child of the Kosekin, and her daring was all the more remarkable.