into the house to take something out of it, my misery

increased; so I came hither, hoping that I might follow

thee whithersoever thou goest.”

And the Stranger saith unto him, “Wilt thou climb [5]

the mountain, and take nothing of thine own with thee?”

He answered, “I will.”

“Then,” saith the Stranger, “thou hast chosen the

good part; follow me.”

Many there were who had entered the valley to specu- [10]

late in worldly policy, religion, politics, finance, and to