Chapter 41

           

           Crownedwithamysticradianceasoftremblingstarsoffire,thatsublimeFiguretoweredbetweenmeandthemoonlitsky;theface,austerelygrandandbeautiful,shoneforthluminouslypaletheeyeswerefullofunquenchablepain,unspeakableremorse,unimaginabledespair!ThefeaturesIhadknownsolongandseendaybydayinfamiliarintercoursewerethesamethesame,yettransfiguredwithetherealsplendour,whileshadowedbyaneverlastingsorrow!BodilysensationsIwasscarcelyconsciousof;onlytheSoulofme,hithertodormant,wasawakeandpalpitatingwithfear.GraduallyIbecameawarethatotherswerearoundme,andlooking,Isawadensecrowdoffaces,wildandwonderfulimploringeyeswereturneduponmeinpiteousorsternagonyandpallidhandswerestretchedtowardsmemoreinappealthanmenace.AndIbeheldasIgazed,theairdarkening,andanonlighteningwiththeshadowandthebrightnessofwings!vastpinionsofcrimsonflamebegantounfurlandspreadupwardsallroundtheice-boundvesselupwardstilltheirglowingtipsseemedwell-nightotouchthemoon.AndHe,myFoe,wholeanedagainstthemast,becamelikewiseencircledwiththeseshaftedpinionsofburningrose,whichlikefinely-webbedcloudscolouredbyastrongsunset,streamedoutwardflaringlyfromhisdarkFormandsprangaloftinablazeofscintillantglory.AndaVoiceinfinitelysad,yetinfinitelysweet,strucksolemnmusicfromthefrozensilence.

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