27/64 'Surely old folk are as children,' he said pathetically. 'They desire a matter--behold, it must be done at once, or they fret and weep! Many times when I was upon the Road I have been ready to stamp with my feet at the hindrance of an ox-cart in the way, or a mere cloud of dust. It was not so when I was a man--a long time ago. None the less it is wrongful--' 'But thou art indeed old, Holy One.' 'The thing was done. A Cause was put out into the world, and, old or young, sick or sound, knowing or unknowing, who can rein in the effect of that Cause? |