Are you already weary of your mission?
MAHOMET.
Great God! what do I hear? Surely it was the spider that reproved me in a human voice!
SPIDER.
Yes, it was I who spoke; and my exercise of this faculty, by no means common in a spider, may renew your diligence by showing the protection of God. But pray recover from your alarm: in the course of your mission you have met worse dangers than a talking spider. The truth is, though you have seen me mending my web, and catching flies, I am, nevertheless, far from being a spider, but one of the most important angels in heaven, who have been sent to watch over you in this concealment. I have been grieved to see you make so little progress for the last two days: you have remained with your eyes fixed, and seemingly in thought, but your meditations have not increased the Koran.
MAHOMET.
It is true, thou sacred angel, or spider, whichever I am to call you, for my thoughts have been troubled by doubts.
SPIDER.
What have you been doubting about?
MAHOMET.