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"Is scarlet white?" asked God.
"Is justice the fruit of injustice? The two men were not of the Church,
and the Church may be holy in your sight."
"I have judged."
"And your judgment is past understanding," said Moses, and he sat at the
Balance.
The servants of the Lord spoke one with another: "I cannot eat of the
supper," said one; "The songs will be as a wolf's howlings in the
wilderness," said another; "The honey will be as bittersweet as Adam's
apple," said a third. But Satan exclaimed: "Come, let us seek in the
Book of the Watchers for an act that will turn Him from His purpose."
In seeking, some put their fingers on the leaves and advised Moses to
cry unto the Lord in such and such a manner.
"My voice is dumb," replied Moses.
Satan presently astonished the servants; he took the book to the Lord.
"My Lord," he said, "which is the more precious--good or evil?"
"Good," said the Lord.
"More precious than the riches of Solomon is a deed done in your name?"
"Yes."
"Though the sins were as numerous as the teeth of a shoal of fish?"
"So. Unravel your riddle."
"An old woman of the Dissenters," said Satan, "claimed four tablets,
whereas her deeds were nine.
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