“There is one man where you are going, whom I wish you to obey as you would me, Sigmund,” he told him.
“Is he like thee?”
“No; much better and wiser than I am. But, remember, he never commands twice. Thou must not question and delay as thou dost with thy weak-minded old father. He is the master in the place thou art going to.”
“Is it far from here?”
“Not exceedingly far.”
“Hast thou been there?”
“Oh, yes,” said Eugen, in a peculiar tone, “often.”
“What must I call this man?” inquired Sigmund.
“He will tell thee that. Do thou obey him and endeavor to do what he wishes, and so thou mayst know thou art best pleasing me.”
“And when I am a man I can choose to see thee again. But where wilt thou be?”