Passage 13

In English

Another occasion when he had to disobey the orders of was towards the end of ’s mortal life. , the God of Time, came to meet . Before he started conversation, he said that no one else should enter the room while they were conversing. So called and asked him to stand at the entrance and see that no one disturbed them. realised that this was a difficult task, and that only could do it effectively. At this time, when was standing guard, came and wanted to enter the room. , who was under orders to keep out visitors, told in great humility that as was in conversation with someone else, he should wait for a while. , however, became very angry and threatened to destroy , , and, indeed, the whole city of in a moment. then thought it better to let into the room rather than invoke his anger and get the entire city into trouble. In this manner, spent all his life in the service of and rarely disobeyed the orders of ; and even when he did disobey, it was only for the sake of others. All the work that he did was for the good of others.