"Listen to the prophet! Praise to thee, man of God!" cried the people, inclining their foreheads.
The most pious fell to the earth.
"Hear me, Egyptian people. In return for your faith in the words of a priest, for your obedience to the pharaoh and the heir, for the honor which ye give to a servant of the god, a favor will be shown you. Go to your houses in peace, and even before ye have left this hill the Nile will be rising."
"Oh, may it rise!"
"Go! The greater your faith and piety the more quickly will ye see the sign of favor."
"Let us go! Let us go! Be blessed, O prophet, Thou son of prophets!"
They began to separate, kissing the robe of the priest. With that some one shouted,
"The miracle, the miracle is accomplished."
On the tower in Memphis a light flamed up.
"The Nile is rising! See, more and more lights! Indeed a mighty saint spoke to us. May he live through eternity!"