The Peacock 1882

"It wasn't long before we arrived here at the island.   We didn't speak, but I followed him up the steep path that leads to the house where we now are. He said someone would come out to receive me into this house, so I sat at the edge of the fountain, waiting." "And then you drank the water of forgetfulness", says Jesus. "I was so thirsty after all the alcohol I had imbibed, and I didn't stop to think that the water might be unsafe to drink.  I was so thirsty." "You drank, and then you forgot..." "Everything.  I didn't know who I was, nor my own name, nor how I got here.  "Mary came out to receive me, and even in the dark I could see by her face that she was very kind, and that here I would be well treated...