If they go back therefrom, they shall be judged of a sharper law, and scourged with a heavier rod, for as their glory is, so shall their shame be.

Therefore, make thy heart strong, royal Harmachis! And when thou speedest down the ways of Night and enterest the Holies, remember that from him to whom great gifts have been given shall gifts be required again.

And now--if, indeed, thy mind be fixed--go whither it is not as yet given me to follow thee.

Farewell!" For a moment as my heart weighed these heavy words, I wavered, as well as I might.

But I was filled with longing to be gathered to the company of the Divine ones, and I knew that I had no evil in me, and desired to do only the thing that is just.