Why should I sit before Thee in this obstinate
mood? ’Tis a wasted outcry and a rumour
noised abroad. Hast Thou ever earned anything
by setting one soul free? What wilt Thou gain by
hearing thy names recited? A prince will not
surrender his throne; yet he will not suffer men to
die of hunger, though it were merely to preserve
his own dignity. Tuka says, If thou shouldst
neglect me now, who will manage the shop I have
opened?
mood? ’Tis a wasted outcry and a rumour
noised abroad. Hast Thou ever earned anything
by setting one soul free? What wilt Thou gain by
hearing thy names recited? A prince will not
surrender his throne; yet he will not suffer men to
die of hunger, though it were merely to preserve
his own dignity. Tuka says, If thou shouldst
neglect me now, who will manage the shop I have
opened?