"And so was many a murderer. Most criminals become outcasts from society in a single moment."
"But society still accepts Orion."
"Because he is the son of the Mukaukas."
"And because he wins all hearts !"
"Even that of the Almighty?"
"Oh! Mother, Mother! why do you measure him by the standard of your own sanctified soul? How few are the elect who find a share of the grace of which you speak!"
"But those who have sinned like him must strive for it."
"And he does so, Mother, in his way."
"It is the wrong way; wrong for those who have sinned as he has. All he strives for is worldly happiness."
"No, no. He is firm in his faith in God and the Saviour. He is not a liar."