Ifanned，therefore，yoursacreddesires；Istimulatedyoutothestepyouhavetaken。ButyoublamemethatIdidnotrevealtoyouthelittlesoulsandthejugglingtricksofyourcompanions。HadIdoneso，Apaecides，Ihaddefeatedmyownobject；yournoblenaturewouldhaveatoncerevolted，andIsiswouldhavelostherpriest。’
Apaecidesgroanedaloud。TheEgyptiancontinued，withoutheedingtheinterruption。
’Iplacedyou，therefore，withoutpreparation，inthetemple；Ileftyousuddenlytodiscoverandtobesickenedbyallthosemummerieswhichdazzletheherd。Idesiredthatyoushouldperceivehowthoseenginesaremovedbywhichthefountainthatrefreshestheworldcastsitswatersintheair。Itwasthetrialordainedofoldtoallourpriests。Theywhoaccustomthemselvestotheimposturesofthevulgar，arelefttopractisethem——forthoselikeyou，whosehighernaturesdemandhigherpursuit，religionopensmoregod—likesecrets。IampleasedtofindinyouthecharacterIhadexpected。Youhavetakenthevows；youcannotrecede。Advance——Iwillbeyourguide。’
’Andwhatwiltthouteachme，Osingularandfearfulman？Newcheats——new……’
’No——Ihavethrowntheeintotheabyssofdisbelief；Iwillleadtheenowtotheeminenceoffaith。Thouhastseenthefalsetypes：thoushaltlearnnowtherealitiestheyrepresent。Thereisnoshadow，Apaecides，withoutitssubstance。Cometomethisnight。Yourhand。’