husband,96 as though to say, “I desire to pour out grace upon you; make use of your free will.” He demanded prayer of her: If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, “Give me a drink,” you would have asked him for living water.97 When she heard this read to her by the Lord, so to speak, the woman thus instructed meditated in her heart that to have this water would be good for her, and useful. Inflamed, therefore, by the desire to have it, she betook herself to prayer, saying, Lord,