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Between the sittings of the Commissions of Investigation He pursued His ordinary life with the utmost serenity, planting fruit trees in a garden and presiding at a marriage feast with the dignity and radiance of spiritual freedom. The Spanish Consul offered to provide Him a safe passage to any foreign port He cared to select, but this offer He gratefully but firmly refused, saying that whatever the consequences, He must follow in the footsteps of the Bab and the Blessed Perfection, Who never tried to save Themselves or run away from Their enemies. He encouraged most of the Baha'is, however, to leave the neighborhood of 'Akka, which had become very dangerous for them, and remained alone, with a few of the faithful, to await His destiny
(43:1)
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