He conceived the tremendous idea of entering upon a new fight--a second quest of the great inheritance.

He conceived the idea; and standing, as it were, upon a different plane of life, he saw--" But the Prophet got no further.

With a gesture of violent excitement, Bale-Corphew rose; at the same instant the Precursor sprang to his feet and stood in a defensive attitude before the Throne.
The whole scene was enacted in a second.

Enid, grasping its full meaning, turned very white and dropped back into her seat, while the whole congregation strained forward in unanimous amazement and curiosity.
And then, for the first time, the hot, angry glance of Bale-Corphew met that of the Prophet.

He glared at him for one moment in speechless rage, then he turned to the people.
"Mystics!" he cried, in a choked voice.