Thou canst not choose Freedom and go in bondage to the delight of life."' 'Would we had never met that cursed Russian!' 'Our Lord Himself cannot make the Wheel swing backward.

And for my merit that I had acquired I gain yet another sign.' He put his hand in his bosom, and drew forth the Wheel of Life.

'Look! I considered this after I had meditated.

There remains untorn by the idolater no more than the breadth of my fingernail.' 'I see.' 'So much, then, is the span of my life in this body.

I have served the Wheel all my days.