If they had only known! But now--' A long breath came from the darkness--a breath of pain.

And again the figure raised its hand to its head.
'Now--somehow, it is all different.

When John comes, he is cold and unkind--he won't open to me the old sights.

He shows me things instead that shake me with misery--that kill me.

My brain is darkening--its powers are dying out.