Quotes About Absconding

Abscond - to move in a mysterious way, commonly with the property of another.

The idolizers of facts never realize that their idols shine only in a borrowed light. They are indeed not supposed to realize that, for it would immediately make them perplexed and, accordingly, useless. But idolizers and idols are used only when the gods are absconding and so are announcing their nearness.

Wilfrid then disappears for over a decade.