It has failed me in the past, but it will be, perchance, more potent in the presence of Ilfra the Understanding One.' "With that he took some ink, and poured it in Helfa's hand.

This ink was the most precious in his possession, and obtained by means not lawful to relate.

When it was in his son's hands he looked at me straight in the eyes, until, while I was in possession of all my senses, I seemed to live a charmed life.

My imagination soared, my heart felt a wondrous joy.
"'Look,' said Abou, 'look in Helfa's hand.' "I looked intently.
"'What see you, son Herod ?' "'I see a paradise,' I replied, 'but I cannot describe it.

The beauties are incomparable.