“I do.”

“How near?”

“You and our priests and Elders say it will come in 1870.”

“Correct! How many years is that from now?”

“Twenty-three, Brother Brigham.”

“Yes, twenty-three. Now then, how many years are there to be after that?”

“How many—surely an eternity!”

“More than twenty-three years, then—much more?”

“Eternity means endless time.”

“Oh, it does, does it?”