Advance--I will be your guide.' 'And what wilt thou teach me, O singular and fearful man?
New cheats--new...' 'No--I have thrown thee into the abyss of disbelief; I will lead thee now to the eminence of faith.

Thou hast seen the false types: thou shalt learn now the realities they represent.

There is no shadow, Apaecides, without its substance.

Come to me this night.

Your hand.' Impressed, excited, bewildered by the language of the Egyptian, Apaecides gave him his hand, and master and pupil parted.
It was true that for Apaecides there was no retreat.