Disciples
multiplied. The GOLDEN BOOK was filled with priceless sayings--wise and
salutary maxims which echoed from end to end of the country. The New
Jerusalem took on a definite shape; the nucleus of the movement, the
initiated among his followers, were retained as the "Sacred 63"; he
called them his apostles and himself their Messiah, which some people
thought rather presumptuous of him. His reputation for sanctity became
such that he was once more a power to be reckoned with; the Court, in
fact, was on the verge of receiving him into favour again, when the
Second Revelation was announced. It ran to this effect: Flesh and blood
of warm-blooded beasts is Abomination to the Little White Cows. Asked
how he contrived to formulate so novel and tremendous a proposition, he
answered that it just came to him. His followers--there were about three
million of them now--instantly refused to touch the Unclean Thing, and
all would have gone well but for the fact that the Army was tinctured
with the New Faith, and that the Grand Dukes had recently become
involved in extensive and lucrative contracts for supplying the troops
with mean.
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