Martin [to Andrew.]. I was trying to remember it ... when he spoke that word it all came back to me. I saw a bright, many-changing figure ... it was holding up a shining vessel ... [holds up arms] then the vessel fell and was broken with a great crash ... then I saw the unicorns trampling it. They were breaking the world to pieces ... when I saw the cracks coming, I shouted for joy! And I heard the command, "Destroy, destroy; destruction is the life-giver; destroy."
Andrew. What will we do with him? He was thinking to rob you of your gold.
Martin. How could I forget it or mistake it? It has all come upon me now ... the reasons of it all, like a flood, like a flooded river.
Johnny B. [weeping]. It was the hunger brought me in and the drouth.
Martin. Were you given any other message? Did you see the unicorns?
Johnny B. I saw nothing and heard nothing; near dead I am with the fright I got and with the hardship of the gaol.
Martin. To destroy ... to overthrow all that comes between us and God, between us and that shining country. To break the wall, Andrew, the thing, whatever it is that comes between, but where to begin?...
Andrew. What is it you are talking about?
Martin. It may be that this man is the beginning. He has been sent ... the poor, they have nothing, and so they can see heaven as we cannot. He and his comrades will understand me. But now to give all men high hearts that they may all understand.
Johnny B. It's the juice of the grey barley will do that.