232 THUS SPAKE ZARATHUSTRA, III
Recognised and tried shall he be, to find out whether he be of my kin and descent, whether he be the master of a long will, silent even when he speaketh, and yielding so that he taketh in giving
In order that he one day may become my compan- ion and one who createth with me and ceaseth from work with me ; such a one as writeth my will on my tables for the sake of a fuller perfection of all things.
And for his sake and the sake of his like I must complete myself. Therefore I now avoid my happi- ness and offer myself unto all misfortune, for the sake of my last trial and recognition.
And, verily, it was time that I went away. And the wanderer's shadow, and the longest while, and the stillest hour, all counselled me: 'It is high time!'
The wind blew through my key-hole saying : ' Come ! ' My door cunningly opened of itself saying : 'Go!'
But I lay fettered by my love unto my children. The desire laid this trap for me the desire for love that I should become my children's booty, and lose myself unto them.
Desiring that meaneth in mine opinion to have lost myself. / have got you, my children J In this possessing, all shall be security, and nothing desiring.
But brooding the sun of my love lay upon me ; in his own juice Zarathustra stewed. Then shadows and doubts flew past me.
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