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Book Two: Muad‘dib
Thiswasatimeforboldnessonherpart,andsherealizedwhatsheneeded:somedaral-hikman,someschooloftranslationthatwouldgiveher....
“Adab,”shewhispered.
Hermindfeltasthoughithadrolledoverwithinher.Sherecognizedthesensationwithaquickeningofpulse.NothinginalltheBeneGesserittrainingcarriedsuchasignalofrecognition.Itcouldbeonlytheadab,thedemandingmemorythatcomesuponyouofitself.Shegaveherselfuptoit,allowingthewordstoflowfromher.
“Ibnqirtaiba,”shesaid,“asfarasthespotwherethedustends.”Shestretchedoutanarmfromherrobe,seeingStilgar’seyesgowide.Sheheardarustlingofmanyrobesinthebackground.“Iseea...Fremenwiththebookofexamples,”sheintoned.“Hereadstoal-Lat,thesunwhomhedefiedandsubjugated.HereadstotheSadusoftheTrialandthisiswhathereads:
“Mineenemiesarelikegreenbladeseatendown
Thatdidstandinthepathofthetempest.
HastthounotseenwhatourLorddid?
Hesentthepestilenceamongthem
Thatdidlayschemesagainstus.
Theyarelikebirdsscatteredbythehuntsman.
Theirschemesarelikepelletsofpoison
Thateverymouthrejects.”
Atremblingpassedthroughher.Shedroppedherarm.
Backtoherfromtheinnercave’sshadowscameawhisperedresponseofmanyvoices:“Theirworkshavebeenoverturned.”
“ThefireofGodmountoverthyheart,”shesaid.Andshethought:Now,itgoesintheproperchannel.
“ThefireofGodsetalight,”cametheresponse.
Shenodded.“Thineenemiesshallfall,”shesaid.
“Bi-lakaifa,”theyanswered.
