by Sven » April 14th, 2008, 7:28 pm
If you look on the title page of your copy, you'll see that the source of the title is provided by Lewis. It's from Ane Dialog betwix Experience and ane Courteour, by David Lindsay. (Not the David Lindsay that wrote Voyage to Arcturus, but the one who served in the court of King James V of Scotland in the early 1500s.)
Rat! he found breath to whisper, shaking. Are you afraid?
Afraid? murmured the Rat, his eyes shining with unutterable love.
Afraid! Of Him? O, never, never! And yet -- and yet -- O, Mole, I am afraid!
Then the two animals, crouching to the earth, bowed their heads and did worship.