Stupendous jets of white-hot vapor shot upward, and, driven off by the electrical repulsion of the sun, streamed backward into the tail.
Suddenly I myself became sensible of the awful heat.

It seemed without warning to have penetrated my vitals.

With a yell I jerked my feet from a boiling rock and flung my arms despairingly over my head.
"You had better be careful," said my wife, "or you'll knock over the telescope." I rubbed my eyes, shook myself, and rose.
"I must have been dreaming," I said.
"I should think it was a very lively dream," she replied.
I responded after the manner of a young man newly wed.
At this moment the occultation began..