The Rule
“The Lord rejoices with you this day.”
Samarth and Inayat bowed their heads.
The priests began the blessing, voices united in solemn harmony. The head priest raised his hand over them and began to recite from the scriptures:
“Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor: for if they fall, one will lift the other up. But woe to the one who is alone when he falls and has not another to lift him.”
Inayat closed her eyes. The words sank into her spirit like rain into dry earth.