And this became a
trouble to the King.
Now there happened to be living at that time in the palace a wise man,
a high Councillor of State, whom the King greatly esteemed, and whose
counsel he had often sought. To him in his trouble the King turned for
advice.
"Let not this trouble thee, O King," the Councillor said. "Both for
the Princes and the people it is good that thoughts on this subject
should come out into talk. But let the thoughts be put to the test.
Let the Princes, with suitable companions, be sent forth to search for
this Age of Gold. Although the Age itself, in its very substance, is
hid with God, there is a country in which shadows of all the Ages are
to be seen. In that country, the very clouds in the sky, the air which
men breathe, and the hills and woods and streams shape themselves into
images of the life that has been, or is to be among men. And whosoever
reaches that country and looks with honest, earnest eyes, shall see the
Age he looks for, just as it was or is to be, and shall know concerning
it whether it be his Age of Gold.
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