The Guard of Quetzalcoatl turned to the people, thrusting up their right arm.
“What is God, you shall never know!” they repeated.
Then again, in the crowd, the words were re-echoed by the Guard of Huitzilopochtli.
After which there fell a dead silence, in which Kate was aware of a forest of black eyes glistening with white fire.
“But the Sons of God come and go.
They come from beyond the Morning Star;
And thither they return, from the land of men.”
It was again the solemn, powerful voice of Ramón. Kate looked at his face; it was creamy-brown in its pallor, but changeless in expression, and seemed to be sending a change over the crowd, removing them from their vulgar complacency.
The Guard of Quetzalcoatl turned again to the crowd, and repeated Ramón’s words to the crowd.
“Mary and Jesus have left you, and gone to the place of renewal.