Can this estrange brother from brother? You shrink in affright from the inexplicable. Oh, I do not wonder. So I, too, shrank before my eyes were opened, and I divined that which is the kernel of life.
Basil.
What do you call the kernel of life?
Julian.
Maximus knows it. In him is the new revelation.
Basil.
And it has been imparted to you?
Julian.
Almost. I am on the eve of learning it. This very night Maximus has promised me——
Gregory.