“And if everything have already existed, what thinkest thou, dwarf, of This Moment? Must not this gateway also⁠—have already existed?

“And are not all things closely bound together in such wise that This Moment draweth all coming things after it? Consequently ⁠⸺itself also?

“For whatever can run its course of all things, also in this long lane outward ⁠— must it once more run!⁠—

“And this slow spider which creepeth in the moonlight, and this moonlight itself, and thou and I in this gateway whispering together, whispering of eternal things⁠—must we not all have already existed?