Yet, as thou knowest well, O Father, in this house she is more than woman, inasmuch as she is the Voice and Sword of thine enemy, Jahveh, god of the Israelites.

She thinks, mayhap, that she has come here of her own will, but thou knowest, Father Amon, as I know, that she is sent by the great prophets of her people, those magicians who guide her soul with spells to work thee evil and to set thee, Amon, beneath the heel of Jahveh.

The stake seems small, the life of this one maid, no more; yet it is very great.

This is the stake, O Father: Shall Amon rule the world, or Jahveh.

If thou fallest to-night, thou fallest for ever; if thou dost triumph to-night, thou dost triumph for ever.