He began to speak in a quiet tone.
—Adam and Eve, my dear boys, were, as you know,our first parents, and you will remember that they were created by God in order that the seats in heaven left vacant by the fall of Lucifer and his rebellious angels might be filled again. Lucifer, we are told, was a son of the morning, a radiant and mighty angel; yet he fell:he fell and there fell with him a third part of the host of heaven: he fell and was hurled with his rebellious angels into hell. What his sin was we cannot say.Theologians consider that it was the sin of pride, the sinful thought conceived in an instant: non serviam: Iwill not serve. That instant was his ruin.