"I should not touch the fruit on the tree of knowledge,"
said the prince; there is abundance of fruit equally
beautiful."
"Examine your own heart," said the princess, "and if you
do not feel sure of its strength, return with the East Wind who
brought you. He is about to fly back, and will not return here for
a hundred years. The time will not seem to you more than a hundred
hours, yet even that is a long time for temptation and resistance.
Every evening, when I leave you, I shall be obliged to say, 'Come
with me,' and to beckon to you with my hand. But you must not
listen, nor move from your place to follow me; for with every step
you will find your power to resist weaker. If once you attempted to
follow me, you would soon find yourself in the hall, where grows
the tree of kno
