"
"Is that Raphael?"
"Yes; he looks like an angel, but is not so dangerous. He is a very
good man; they talk of getting him married. He does not want to,
however, for his eye is on a cardinal's hat, which they have promised
him."
"Cardinal's hat?"
"Yes, he is spiritually-minded, although he paints worldly objects."
"I remember, but I want to forget them."
"Listen, Martin!" the monk interrupted him, with an insulting air
of familiarity; "when you go away from here, and get home, don't
forget to curb your tongue! Think of what I say: there are eyes and
ears which follow you where you go, and when you least suspect it."
"If the Lord is with me, what can men do against me?"
"Are you sure that the Lord is with you? Do you know His ways and
His will?--You only? Can you interpret His meaning when He speaks?"
"Yes, I can; for I hear his voice in my conscience. Get thee hence,
Satan, or I shall pray that heaven's lightning may smite thee! I
came here as a believing child, but I shall depart as a believing
man, for your questions have only evoked my silent answers which
you have not heard, but which some day you will hear. You have
killed Savonarola, but I am young and strong, and I shall live.
Mark that!"
* * * * *
Luther did not stay long in Rome, but he took the opportunity of
learning Hebrew, and attended the lectures of the Jew Elia Levi ben
Asher, surnamed Bachur or Elias Levita.
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