studies, Finally, about two months later, there came a letter with this question in it: "What do you suppose is the meaning of this verse in the 21st Chapter of Revelation?"

"'16. And the city lieth foursquare and "'the length is as large as the breadth; and he "'measured the city with the reed, twelve "'thousand furlongs. The length and the "'breadth and the height of it are equal.'"

Instinctively I knew that my chance to study with Troward hung upon my giving the correct answer to that question. The definition of the verse seemed utterly beyond my reach. Naturally, answers came to my mind, but I knew intuitively that they were incorrect. I began bombarding my scholarly friends and acquaintances with the same questions. Lawyers, doctors, priests, nuns, and clergymen, all over the world, received letters from me with this question in them. Answers began to return to me, but intuition told me not one was correct. All the while I was endeavoring to find the answer for myself, but no answer came. I memorized the verse in order that I might meditate upon it. I began a search of Paris for the books Troward had recommended to me, and after two or three days' search we crossed the River Seine to the Ile de Cite to go into some of the old bookstores there. The books were out of print, and these were the last places in which