She laughed again when he asked if she could see the people whom she could only hear.

And once more she laughed when the sun had gone down, and the mooddin had come out on the Grand Mosque in the Metamar, and he asked if she could see the old blind man in the minaret, where he was crying, "God is great! God is great!" "Can you see him, little one ?" said Israel.
"See him ?" said Naomi; "why yes, you dear old father, of course I can see him.

Listen," she cried, ceasing her laughter, lifting one finger, and holding her head aslant, "listen: God is great! God is great! There--I saw him then." "That is only hearing him, Naomi--hearing him with your ears--with this ear and with this.

But can you see him, sweetheart ?" Did her father mean to ask her if she could _feel_ the mooddin in his minaret far above them?
Once more she laid her head aslant.

There was a pause, and then she cried impulsively-- "Oh, _I_ know.