"Yet yours is a strange greeting," he added.

"Whence came you, White Man, how are you named, and what is your mission to me and to my people ?" "King, I come from beyond the sea; I am named Messenger, and my mission is to deliver to you the saying of God, my King and--yours." At these words a gasp of astonishment went up from those who stood within hearing, expecting as they did to see them rewarded by instant death.

But Umsuka only said:-- "'My King and yours'?
Bold words, Messenger.

Where then is this King to whom I, Umsuka, should bow the knee ?" "He is everywhere--in the heavens, on the earth, and below the earth." "If He is everywhere, then He is here.

Show me the likeness of this King, Messenger." "Behold it," Owen answered, thrusting forward the crucifix.
Now all the great ones about the king stared at this figure of a dying man crowned with thorns and hanging on a cross, and then drew up their lips to laugh.