"I have nought that you have not."
"But you see the having, and I do not."
"You are beginning to see."
The wind breathed in the oasis palms. The earth turned, seeking the sun for her every chamber, the earth made pilgrimage around the sun, eying point after point of that excellence, the earth journeyed with the sun, held by the invisible cords.
"I wish new sight—I wish new touch—I wish comprehension!"
"You are beginning to have it."
"I have more than I had.... Yes, I know it—"
"There is birth.... Then comes the joy of birth. At last comes the knowledge of why there is joy. Strive to be fully born."
"And if I were so—?"
"Then life alters and there is strong embrace."