"Comrade, who is this who hath spoken to thee?"
And Amis answered that no man had spoken. "But I prayed our Lord, as is my wont."
But Amile said—
"It is not thus, but some one hath spoken with thee."
Then he rose from the bed, and went to the door of the chamber, and finding it fast, said—
"Tell me, fair brother, who hath said to thee these hidden words."
Then Amis began to weep bitterly, and denied not that it was Raphael, the angel of our Lord, who had said to him, "Amis, our Lord sends word to thee that thou biddest Amile to slay his two children with the sword, and to wash thee in their blood, that thou mayest be clean of thy leprosy."
And Amile was sorely distressed on hearing these words, and said—
"Amis, gladly have I given thee sergeant and damsel and all the riches that I had, and in fraud thou feignest that the angel hath bidden me to slay my two little ones with the sword."