Judas was silent, and words full of sorrow and hatred began to slip from his mouth one by one.
"Why doesn't he love me? Why does he like them? Am I not as handsome, good and strong as they are?"
Judas shrank in pain in the darkness and continued:
"Why is he with those who don't love him and not with me? John gave him a lizard - I could give him a snake. Peter threw a stone - for him I could bring down a mountain! But what's a snake? I can pull out its fangs in a moment and hang it around my neck like a necklace. But what is a mountain that I can move my hands and feet to flatten? I can bring down Judas, Dedicate to him the brave and wonderful Judas! If he died now, Judas would die with him."