And when I once have chosen out my twelve
I do not need to search for any more.
For if I come in number to thirteen
The last is just exactly like the first.
When I have got these twelve within my realm
And can through their soul-nature fashion them,
Then others too must ever follow them.
(To himself; holding his hands over Strader’s ears so that he shall not hear.)
True, none of this have I achieved as yet,
Since Earth refused to give herself to me.