You brought them there. Death is the next step. Go,
Before you take the step." "No," Michael answered, "No.
"As for my past, I was a dog, a cur,
And I have paid blood-money, and still pay.
But all my being is ablaze with her;
There is no talk of giving up to-day.
I will not give her up. You used to say
Bodies are earth. I heard you say it. Liar!
You never loved her, you. She turns the earth to fire."
"Michael," said Lion, "you have said such things