By his own account, during the sermon he was gripped by "a masterful inward voice" which told him "You are wanted.
"We have not gone into that," repeated Mr. Vholes as if his low inward voice were an echo.
I told you not to try such an obviously ridiculous-' There was an abrupt silence, as the inward voice was cut off.
Behold," he said, in a broken, inward voice, "the vanity of human wishes!
At that moment he heard his inward voice and the voice said "No!"
Now he understood it and realized that the inward voice had been right, that no teacher could have brought him salvation.
Dinah was not satisfied without a more unmistakable guidance than those inward voices.
At a distance, Danis's inward voice faded and then disappeared.
They were hearing the inward voice of a crafted bird that was the soul of a slain woman.
He didn't even care if that inward voice reflected who he truly was.