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* * * * * "Dear me!" the Professor heard himself say as he sat up and rubbed his eyes, "what on earth can be the matter with me? DEAR ME THE PROFESSOR HEARD HIMSELF SAY AS HE SAT UP AND RUBBED HIS EYES WHAT ON EARTH CAN BE THE MATTER WITH ME
ike the laughter of devils through the awful silence: "Come, Kefa, come, and bear me to my lord!" The goddess answered in a mighty rush and roar of waters, long pent and swiftly loosed. Then above the tumult rose the hoarse shouts of men and the shrill screams of women, and the crash and clash of tables overturned; then came the swirl and bubbling hiss of a flood that gleamed darkly under the golden lamps and swiftly rose towards them, bearing upon its surface white arms with outstretched hands gripping at the empty air, and gauzy robes which half hid gleaming limbs, white faces with wildly-staring eyes, and teeth that grinned between tight-drawn lips so lately smiling; strong swimmers fighting for another moment's breath, and one by one dragged down by many hidden hands: then the sharp hiss of swift-quenched flames, then darkness, and the stifling of sobbing groans into silence, and after that only the sibilant undertone of waters rushing swiftly past smooth walls through utter night. VOICE THAT RANG LIKE THE LAUGHTER OF DEVILS THROUGH THE AWFUL SILENCE COME KAFFA COME AND BRING ME MY LORD THE GODDESS ANSWERED IN A MIGHTY RUSH AND ROAR OF WATERS LONG PENT AND SWIFTLY LOOSENED THEN ABOVE THE TUMULT ROSE THE HOARSE SHOUTS OF MEN AND THE SHRILL SCREAMS OF WOMEN AND THE CRASH AND CLASH OF TABLES OVERTURNED THEN CAME THE SWIRL AND BUBBLING HISS OF A FLOOD THAT GLEAMED DARKLY UNDER THE GOLDEN LAMPS AND SWIFTLY ROSE TOWARDS THEM BEARING UPON ITS SURFACE WHITE ARMS WITH OUTSTRETCHED HANDS GRIPPING AT EMPTY AIR AND GAUZY ROBES WHICH HALF HID GLEAMING LIMBS WHITE FACES WITH WIDELY STARING EYES AND TEETH THAT GRINNED BETWEEN TIGHTLY DRAWN LIPS SO LATELY SMILING STRONG SWIMMERS FIGHTING FOR ANOTHER MOMENT'S BREATH AND ONE BY ONE DRAGGED DOWN BY THE MANY HIDDEN HANDS THEN THE SHARP HISS OF SWIFT QUENCHED FLAMES THEN DARKNESS AND THE STIFLING OF SOBBING GROANS IN THE SILENCE AND AFTER THAT ONLY THE SIBILANT UNDERTONES OF WATERS RUSHING SWIFTLY PAST SMOOTH WALLS THROUGH UNDERNIGHT
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