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We need not be afraid。 Will you not say To me that you are glad�拭�Look�察�

Lazarus� �Look at my face�察�and see me。 This is Mary。; 

     She   found   his   hands   and   held   them。   They   were   cool�察  �Like   hers�察  �but 

they   were   not   so   calm   as   hers。   Through   the   white   robes   in   which   his 

friends had wrapped him When he had groped out of that awful sleep�察�She 

felt him trembling and she was afraid。 At last he sighed�察�and she prayed 

hungrily To God that she might have again the voice Of Lazarus�察�whose 

hands were giving her now The recognition of a living pressure That was 

almost a language。 When he spoke�察�Only one word that she had waited for 

Came from his lips�察�and that word was her name。 

     ;I heard them saying�察�Mary�察�that He wept Before I woke。; The words 

were   low   and   shaken�察  �Yet   Mary   knew   that   he   who   uttered   them   Was 

Lazarus�察�and that would be enough Until there should be more 。 。 。 ;Who 

made Him come�察�That He should weep for me�拭 � 。 。 Was it you�察�Mary�拭─�

The questions held in his incredulous eyes Were more than she would see。 

She   looked   away�察  �But   she   had   felt   them   and   should   feel   for   ever�察  �She 

thought�察  �their   cold   and   lonely   desperation   That   had   the   bitterness   of   all 

cold things That were not cruel。 ;I should have wept�察─�he said�察 �If I had 

been the Master。 。 。 。; 

       Now she could feel His hands above her hair  the same black hair 

That once he made a jest of�察�praising it�察�While Martha's busy eyes had left 

their work To flash with laughing envy。 Nothing of that Was to be theirs 



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again�察  �and   such   a   thought   Was   like   the   flying   by   of   a   quick   bird   Seen 

through   a   shadowy   doorway   in   the   twilight。   For   now   she   felt   his   hands 

upon her head�察�Like weights of kindness�此 �I forgive you�察�Mary。 。 。 。 You 

did not know  Martha could not have known  Only the Master knew。 。 。 。 

Where is He now�拭�Yes�察�I remember。 They came after Him。 May the good 

God forgive Him。 。 。 。 I forgive Him。 I must�察�and I may know only from 

Him The burden of all this。 。 。 。 Martha was here  But I was not yet here。 

She was afraid。 。 。 。 Why did He do it�察�Mary�拭�Was it  you�拭�Was it for 

you�拭   �   。   。 Where   are   the   friends   I   saw�拭�Yes�察  �I   remember。   They  all   went 

away。 I  made them go away。 。   。 。 Where is He now�拭 � 。 。 What do I see 

down there�拭�Do I see Martha  Down by the door�拭 � 。 。 I must have time 

for this。; 

     Lazarus   looked   about   him   fearfully�察  �And   then   again   at   Mary�察  �who 

discovered Awakening apprehension in his eyes�察�And shivered at his feet。 

All    she   had   feared    Was    here�察  �and   only   in  the   slow    reproach    Of    his 

forgiveness lived his gratitude。 Why had he asked if it was all for her That 

he was here�拭�And what had Martha meant�拭�Why had the Master waited�拭�

What was coming To Lazarus�察�and to them�察�that had not come�拭�What had 

the Master seen before He came�察�That He had come so late�拭�

       ;Where   is   He�察  �Mary�拭─  �Lazarus   asked   again。   ;Where   did   He   go�拭─�

Once more   he   gazed about him�察 �and once   more At Mary  for   an   answer。 

;Have they found Him�拭�Or did He go away because He wished Never to 

look into my eyes again�拭 � 。 。 That�察�I could understand。 。 。 。 Where is He�察�

Mary�拭─�

     ;I do not know�察─�she said。 ;Yet in my heart I know that He is living�察�as 

you   are   living      Living�察  �and   here。   He   is   not   far   from  us。  He   will   come 

back to us and find us all  Lazarus�察�Martha�察�Mary  everything  All as 

it was   before。  Martha said   that。 And   He said  we  were  not to be   afraid。; 

Lazarus   closed   his   eyes   while   on   his   face   A  tortured   adumbration   of   a 

smile Flickered an instant。 ;All as it was before�察─�He murmured wearily。 

;Martha said that�察�And He said you were not to be afraid 。 。 。 Not you 。 。 。 

Not   you   。   。   。   Why   should   you   be   afraid�拭  �Give   all   your   little   fears�察  �and 

Martha's   with   them�察�To   me�察  �and   I   will   add   them  unto   mine�察  �Like   a   few 

rain´drops to Gennesaret。; 



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     ;If you had frightened me in other ways�察�Not willing it�察─�Mary said�察 �I 

should have known You still for Lazarus。 But who is this�拭�Tell me again 

that you are Lazarus�察�And tell me if the Master gave to you No sign of a 

new joy that shall be coming To this house that He loved。 Are you afraid�拭�

Are you afraid�察�who have felt everything  And seen 。 。 。 �拭─�

       But Lazarus only shook his head�察�Staring with his bewildered shining 

eyes Hard into Mary's face。 ;I do not know�察�Mary�察─�he said�察�after a long 

time。   ;When   I   came   back�察  �I   knew   the   Master's   eyes   Were   looking   into 

mine。 I looked at His�察�And there was more in them than I could see。 At 

first I could see nothing but His eyes�察�Nothing else anywhere was to be 

seen  Only His eyes。 And they looked into mine  Long into mine�察�Mary�察�

as if He knew。; 

     Mary began to be afraid of words As she had never been afraid before 

Of   loneliness   or   darkness�察 �or   of   death�察  �But   now   she   must   have   more   of 

them or die�此 �He cannot know that there is worse than death�察─�She said。 

;And you 。 。 。; 

       ;Yes�察�there is worse than death。; Said Lazarus�察 �and that was what He 

knew�察�And that is what it was that I could see This morning in his eyes。 I 

was afraid�察�But not as you are。 There is worse than death�察�Mary�察�and there 

is nothing   that   is   good   For   you   in dying   while   you   are   still   here。   Mary�察�

never go back to that again。 You would not hear me if I told you more�察�For 

I should say it only in a language That you are not to learn by going back。 

To be a child again is to go forward  And that is much to know。 Many 

grow old�察�And fade�察�and go away�察�not knowing how much That is to know。 

Mary�察�the night is coming�察�And there will soon be darkness all around you。 

Let us go down where Martha waits for us�察�And let there be light shining 

in this house。; 

     He rose�察�but Mary would not let him go�此 �Martha�察�when she came back 

from here�察�said only That she heard nothing。 And have you no more For 

Mary   now   than   you   had   then   for   Martha�拭  �Is   Nothing�察  �Lazarus�察  �all   you 

have for me�拭�Was Nothing all you found where you have been�拭�If that be 

so�察  �what   is   there   worse   than   that      Or   better      if   that   be   so�拭�And   why 

should you�察�With even our love�察�go the same dark road over�拭─�

     ;I could not answer that�察�if that were so�察─�Said Lazarus�察  �not even if 



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I were God。 Why should He care whether I came or stayed�察�If that were so�拭�

Why   should   the   Master   weep      For   me�察  �or   for   the   world�察     �or   save 

Himself Longer for nothing�拭�And if that were so�察�Why should a few years' 

more mortality Make Him a fugitive where flight were needless�察�Had He 

but held his peace and given his nod To an old Law that would be new as 

any�拭�I cannot say the answer to all that�察�Though I may say that He is not 

afraid�察�And that it is not for the joy there is In serving an eternal Ignorance 

Of   our   futility   that   He   is   here。   Is   that   what   you   and   Martha   mean   by 

Nothing�拭�Is that what you are fearing�拭�If that be so�察�There are more weeds 

than   lentils   in   your   garden。   And   one   whose   weeds   are   laughing   at   his 

harvest May as well have no garden�察�for not there Shall he be gleaning the 

few bits and orts Of life that are to save him。 For my part�察�I am again with 

you�察�here among shadows That will not always be so dark as this�察�Though 

now I see there's yet an evil in me That made me let you be afraid of me。 

No�察�I was not afraid  not even of life。 I thought I was 。 。 。 I must have 

time for this�察�And all the time there is will not be long。 I cannot tell you 

what the Master saw This morning in my eyes。 I do not know。 I cannot yet 

say how far I have gone�察�Or why it is that I am here again�察�Or where the 

old road leads。 I do not know。 I know that when I did come back�察�I saw 

His   eyes   again   among   the   trees   and   faces      Only   His   eyes�察  �and   they 

looked into mine  Long into mine  long�察�long�察�as if He knew。; 



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