As for me, I was overwhelmed with despair.

There was but one thought in my mind--it was not of myself, but of Almah.
"And Almah ?" I cried.
"Almah," said Layelah--"she will have the same; you are both included in the same sentence." At this a groan burst from me.

Horror overwhelmed me.

I threw myself down upon the floor and covered my face with my hands.

All was lost! Our fate--Almah's fate--was darkness, imprisonment, and death.