14/27 The Prince is wiser than I thought. Magicians know the future because at times it rushes down upon them and they must. But only fools will seek it." "Yet now and again they lift a corner of the veil, Ki. Thus I remember certain sayings of your own as to one who would find a great treasure in the land of Goshen and thereafter suffer some temporal loss, and--I forget the rest. Man, cease smiling at me with your face and piercing me through with your sword-like eyes. |