О дивный новый мир
Chapter 5
ThePresidentreachedouthishand;andsuddenlyaVoice,adeepstrongVoice,moremusicalthananymerelyhumanvoice,richer,warmer,morevibrantwithloveandyearningandcompassion,awonderful,mysterious,supernaturalVoicespokefromabovetheirheads.Veryslowly,"Oh,Ford,Ford,Ford,"itsaiddiminishinglyandonadescendingscale.Asensationofwarmthradiatedthrillinglyoutfromthesolarplexustoeveryextremityofthebodiesofthosewholistened;tearscameintotheireyes;theirhearts,theirbowelsseemedtomovewithinthem,asthoughwithanindependentlife."Ford!"theyweremelting,"Ford!"dissolved,dissolved.Then,inanothertone,suddenly,startlingly."Listen!"trumpetedthevoice."Listen!"Theylistened.Afterapause,sunktoawhisper,butawhisper,somehow,morepenetratingthantheloudestcry."ThefeetoftheGreaterBeing,"itwenton,andrepeatedthewords:"ThefeetoftheGreaterBeing."Thewhisperalmostexpired."ThefeetoftheGreaterBeingareonthestairs."Andoncemoretherewassilence;andtheexpectancy,momentarilyrelaxed,wasstretchedagain,tauter,tauter,almosttothetearingpoint.ThefeetoftheGreaterBeing–oh,theyheardthem,theyheardthem,comingsoftlydownthestairs,comingnearerandnearerdowntheinvisiblestairs.ThefeetoftheGreaterBeing.Andsuddenlythetearingpointwasreached.Hereyesstaring,herlipsparted.MorganaRothschildsprangtoherfeet.
"Ihearhim,"shecried."Ihearhim."
"He’scoming,"shoutedSarojiniEngels.
