"
"And yet," he said, "shall it not be the same with those that these
men devour? shall not they also have one will?"
"Friend," I said, "they shall have the will to live, as the
wretchedest thing living has: therefore shall they sell themselves
that they may live, as I told thee; and their hard need shall be their
lord's easy livelihood, and because of it he shall sleep without fear,
since their need compelleth them not to loiter by the way to lament
with friend or brother that they are pinched in their servitude, or to
devise means for ending it. And yet indeed thou sayest it: they also
shall have one will if they but knew it: but for a long while they
shall have but a glimmer of knowledge of it: yet doubt it not that in
the end they shall come to know it clearly, and then shall they bring
about the remedy; and in those days shall it be seen that thou hast
not wrought for nothing, because thou hast seen beforehand what the
remedy should be, even as those of later days have seen it."
We both sat silent a little while. The twilight was gaining on the
night, though slowly.
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