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There was, he noticed, anyhow, no longer the soft, clear, blazing light about his cousin's bed. He saw only the faint glitter of the oil lamps down the length of the great room. THERE WAS HE NOTICED ANYHOW NO LONGER THE SOFT CLEAR BLAZING LIGHT ABOUT HIS COUSIN'S BED HE SAW ONLY THE FAINT GLITTER OF THE OIL LAMPS DOWN THE LENGTH OF THE GREAT ROOM
eard the roar, the ugly thud, the crash, the cry for help—too late ... and when, an instant afterwards, his steel plunged into the great beast’s heart, the human heart and life he might have saved lay still for ever. ... He heard the water rushing past, an icy wind came down the gorge against his naked back, he saw the fire shine upon the farther bank ... and the figure of a girl in skins was wading across, seeking out the shallow places in the dusk, and calling wildly as she came. ... Then darkness hid the entire landscape, yet a darkness that was deeper, bluer than the velvet of the night alone. ... And he shrieked aloud in his remorseful anguish: “May the gods forgive me, for I did not mean it! Oh, that I might undo ... that I might repay ...!” That his cries disturbed the weary occupants in more than one bed is certain, but he remembers chiefly that a nurse was quickly by his side, and that something she gave him soothed his violent pain and helped him into[153] deeper sleep again. ES STILL HE HESITATED HE WAS NO MURDERER YET HE PAUSED HE HEARD THE ROAR THE UGLY THUD THE CRASH THE CRY FOR HELP TOO LATE AND WHEN AN INSTANT AFTERWARDS HIS STEEL PLUNGED INTO THE GREAT BEAST'S HEART THE HUMAN HEART AND LIFE HE MIGHT HAVE SAVED LAY STILL FOREVER HE HEARD THE WATER RUSHING PAST AN ICY WIND CAME DOWN THE GORGE AGAINST HIS NAKED BACK HE SAW THE FIRE SHINE UPON THE FARTHER BANK AND THE FIGURE OF A GIRL IN SKINS WAS WADING ACROSS SEEKING OUT THE SHALLOW PLACES IN THE DUSK AND CALLING WILDLY AS SHE CAME THEN DARKNESS HID THE ENTIRE LANDSCAPE YET A DARKNESS THAT WAS DEEPER BLUER THAN THE VELVET OF THE NIGHT ALONE AND HE SHRIEKED ALOUD IN HIS REMORSEFUL ANGUISH MAY THE GODS FORGIVE ME FOR I DID NOT MEAN IT OH THAT I MIGHT UNDO THAT I MIGHT REPAY THAT HIS CRIES DISTURBED THE WEARY OCCUPANTS IN MORE THAN ONE BED IS CERTAIN BUT HE REMEMBERS CHIEFLY THAT A NURSE WAS QUICKLY BY HIS SIDE AND THAT SOMETHING SHE GAVE HIM SOOTHED HIS VIOLENT PAIN AND HELPED HIM INTO DEEPER SLEEP AGAIN
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