"After the attack on Nunami failed and the council was once again to be
held, each having violated it equally, my fears were suddenly aroused on
your behalf. It was only then that I saw that it was the intention of
Wagner not only to destroy Nunami and the Zards, but to capture the
Temple of Time, which was the only part of the city to be left intact.
When I confronted my brother-in-law about this, he only laughed at me
scornfully and told me that I was soft, that I was a fool to put one
man's life ahead of the salvation of the whole earth. I was filled with
wrath at him and still am, but I have decided that it was better to
feign compliance and let you know by letter what it was that is being
planned for you. I am only sorry that it should come to you at so late
an hour, when I could have warned and helped you before if I had only
known. There is not much that you can do now, but still I must warn you,
for whatever it is worth, if only to prove my affections.

"You see, my dear Jehu, the Pastites and Futurists interpret the
prophecy to mean that the kinsman redeemer has come to renew the earth,
as you have no doubt heard, although there is strong evidences to the
contrary. I myself have been brought up to this interpretation, as it is
more acceptable than the alternate theories that exist, though I have
been for a time now doubting its accuracy. According to the Externus
Miraculum view, the Temple of Time is crucial to the implementation of
either plan, in fact it is the crux of them both, the one issue that it
is of as great importance, or greater, than the presence of you, the
kinsman redeemer. There is an altar in the center room of the temple, a
great diamond White Eagle that is grasping an ordinary altar in its
talons, and this altar is where the kinsman redeemer is to be
sacrificed. If only I had suspected so before and could have warned when
there was yet time!