ws among the Gentiles.
Ah, my little Prince! Do you wonder that he learned quickly? Why
not?' He muttered to himself and went on:

'My trade was that of a physician. When I had learned it in Spain I
went to the East to find my Kingdom. Why not? A Jew is as free as a
sparrow--or a dog. He goes where he is hunted. In the East I found
libraries where men dared to think--schools of medicine where they
dared to learn. I was diligent in my business. Therefore I stood
before Kings. I have been a brother to Princes and a companion to
beggars, and I have walked between the living and the dead. There was
no profit in it. I did not find my Kingdom. So, in the tenth year of
my travels, when I had reached the Uttermost Eastern Sea, I returned to
my father's house. God had wonderfully preserved my people. None had
been slain, none even wounded, and only a few scourged. I became once
more a son in my father's house. Again the Great Candle was lit; again
the meanly apparelled ones tapped on our door after dusk; and again I
heard them weigh out peace and war, as they weighed out the gold on the
table. But I was not rich--not very rich. Therefore, when those that
had power and knowledge and wealth talked together, I sat in the
shadow. Why not?

'Yet all my wanderings had shown me one sure thing, which is, that a
King without money is like a spear without a head. He cannot do much
harm. I said, therefore, to Elias of Bury, a great one among our
people: "Why do our people lend any more to the Kings that oppress us?"
"Because," said Elias, "if we refuse they stir up their people against
us, and the People are tenfold more cruel than Kings. If thou
doubtest, come with me to Bury in England and live as I live."

'I saw my mother's face across the candle flame, and I said, "I will
come with thee to Bury. Maybe my Kingdom shall be there."

'So I sailed with Elias to the darkness and the cruelty of Bury in
England, where there are no learned men. How can a man be wise if he
hate? At Bury I kept his accounts for Elias, and I saw men kill Jews
there by the tower. No--none laid hands on Elias. He lent money to
the King, and the King's favour was about him. A King will not take
the life so long as there is any gold. This King--yes, John--oppressed
his people bitterly because they would not give him money. Yet his
land was a good land. If he had only given it rest he might have
cropped it as a Christian crops his