There we have fought the wilderness and twice we have driven back strong forces of the allied tribes, although they came with great resolution and were helped moreover by treachery." Braxton Wyatt moved angrily and was about to speak, but Paul, never glancing in his direction, went on steadily: "These settlements cannot be uprooted now.

They may be damaged.

They may be made to suffer great loss and grief, but the vanguard of our people will never turn back.

Neither warrior nor king can withstand it." Now Paul's look was wholly that of the prophet.

As he said the last words, "neither warrior nor king can withstand it" his face was transfigured.