There was no longer the light of the aurora australis; the constellations glimmered but dimly, the moon was shining with but a feeble ray; for there far away over the icy crests of the lofty mountains I saw a long line of splendid effulgence, all golden and red--the light of the new dawn--the dawn of that long day which was now approaching.

The sight of that dawning light gave me new life.

It was like a sight of home--the blessed dawn, the sunlight of a bright day, the glorious daybreak lost for so long a time, but now at last returning.

I feasted my eyes on the spectacle, I burst into tears of joy, and I felt as though I could gaze at it forever.

But the sun as it travelled was rapidly coming into view; soon the dazzling glory of its rim would appear above the mountain crest, and the season of darkness would end.
There was no time to wait, and the guards hurried me on.
There in the midst of the square rose the pyramid.