Silence fell upon them.

“Where were you a century ago?” digressed the woman.

“I wasn’t born.”

“Where will your child be a hundred years from now?”

“Dead likewise, probably; but the force for good, the Karma of the life, will be passed on and remain in the world.”

Unconsciously they both rose to their feet.

“Was man always on the earth?” she asked. 115

The question was answered almost before spoken.

“No.”

“Will he always be here?”