"They moved along again and the man spoke earnestly and humbly of the wonders that had befallen them.
"'To Love, all things are possible,' returned the child; 'but to Love only;' and her companion listened to all she said, with a full heart.
"By noon that day, an inaccessible cliff stared the travelers in the face. Its mighty crags bathed their feet in a deep pool, and up, up, for hundreds of feet, ran a smooth wall of rock in which no one might find a foothold.
"The man stared at it in silence, and it seemed to frown back inexorably. His companion watched his face and read its mute hopelessness.
"'Have you still—still no faith?' she asked.
"'I cannot see how'—stammered the man.
"'No, you cannot see how—but what does that matter?' asked the child. 'Let us eat now,' and she sat down, and the man with her, and they ate of the fruits and nuts she had gathered along the way and carried in her white gown.
"While they ate, a pair of great eagles circled slowly downward out of the blue sky, nor paused until they had alighted near the travelers.
"'Welcome, dear birds,' said Purity. 'You know well the Heavenly Country, and we seek your help to get there, for we have no wings to fly above those rocky steeps.'
"The eagles nestled their heads within her little hands, in token of obedience, and when she took her seat upon one, the man obeyed her sign and trusted himself upon the outstretched wings of the other.