"' [Footnote: See 2 Esdras x. 30-32.] And, lo, I lay as one that had been dead and mine understanding was taken from me. And he (the Angel) took me by the right hand and comforted me and set me upon my feet and said unto me: "'What aileth thee? and why art thou so disquieted? and why is thine understanding troubled and the thoughts of thine heart?
"'And I said, Because thou hast forsaken me and yet I did according to thy words, and I went into the field and lo! I have seen and yet see that I am not able to express.'"
Here Heliobas paused, having read the last sentence with peculiarly impressive emphasis.
"That is all"--he said--"I see no more allusions to the name of Ardath. The last three verses are the same as those in the accepted Apocrypha."