A. Nay, nay; let us not leave this book yet until I am able to understand that which we are after.
R. Methinks I ought to do as thou bidst me. Something draweth me on, I know not what, but I surmise it is the God thou seekest after.
A. Thanks be to Him that adviseth thee, and to thee also, if thou praise Him. Lead whither thou wilt: I will follow after thee if I can.
R. Methinks thou desirest still to know that same thing about God and thy soul which thou didst formerly desire.
A. Yea, that alone I desire.
R. Wishest thou aught more? Wishest thou not to know truth?
A. How can I, without truth, know aught of truth, or what wilt thou say, without truth, that God is? For we hear it read in the Gospel that Christ said that He is the way, the truth, and the life.
R. Rightly thou sayest; but I would know whether it seemeth to thee that the true and truth are one [and the same thing].
A. Two things, methinks, they are, just as wisdom is one thing, and that which is wise is another; and likewise chastity is one thing, and that which is chaste is another.
R. Which, then, doth seem to thee better, the true or truth?