Then the old man said, "Think once more." Then was there a silence;
and Gilbert said:
"Man, I know not what or who thou art; but I think that thou art a
lost soul; one thing I can give thee.... I will myself intercede for
thee before the Throne."
Then the old man looked at him for a moment, and said, "I have waited
long ... and have received no comfort till now;" and then he said,
"Wilt thou promise?"