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When the World Shook-Part54_H.Rider Haggard(1856-1925)_English Literature(文学名著)-第2页

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the path of the flash.

Now, however, it was far away, a mere flaming wheel that became



gradually smaller, and its Satanic voices were growing faint. As

I have said, I watched its disappearance idly, reflecting that I



should never look upon its like again; also that it was something

well worth going forth to see. Then I became aware that the



humming, howling din had decreased sufficiently to enable me to

hear human voices without effort. Bastin was addressing Bickley--



like myself they were both upon the ground.

"Her translation, as you may have noticed, Bickley, if you were



not too frightened, was really very remarkable. No doubt it will

have reminded you, as it did me, of that of Elijah. She had



exactly the appearance of a person going up to Heaven in a

vehicle of fire. The destination was certainly the same, and even



the cloak she wore added a familiar touch and increased the

similarity."



"At any rate it did not fall upon you," answered Bickley with

something like a sob, in a voice of mingled awe and exasperation.



"For goodness' sake! Bastin, stop your Biblical parallels and let

us adore, yes, let us adore the divinest creature that the earth



has borne!"

Never have I loved Bickley more than when I heard him utter



those words.

"'Divinest' is a large term, Bickley, and one to which I



hesitate to subscribe, remembering as I do certain of the

prophets and the Early Fathers with all their faults, not of



course to mention the Apostles. But--" here he paused, for

suddenly all three of us became aware of Oro.



He also has been thrown to the ground by the strength of the

prisoned forces which he gathered and loosed upon their unholy



errand, but, as I rejoiced to observe, had suffered from them

much more than ourselves. Doubtless this was owing to the fact



that he had sprung forward in a last wild effort to save his

daughter, or to prevent her from interfering with his experiment,



I know not which. As a result his right cheek was much scorched,

his right arm was withered and helpless, and his magnificent



beard was half burnt off him. Further, very evidently he was

suffering from severe shock, for he rocked upon his feet and



shook like an aspen leaf. All this, however, did not interfere

with the liveliness of his grief and rage.



There he stood, a towering shape, like a lightning-smitten

statue, and cursed us, especially Bastin.



"My daughter has gone!" he cried, "burned up by the fiery power

that is my servant. Nothing remains of her but dust, and, Priest,



this is your doing. You poisoned her heart with your childish

doctrines of mercy and sacrifice, and the rest, so that she threw



herself into the path of the flash to save some miserable races

that she had never even known."



He paused exhausted, whereon Bastin answered him with spirit:

"Yes, Oro, she being a holy woman, has gone where you will



never follow her. Also it is your own fault since you should have

listened to her entreaties instead of boxing her ears like the



brute you are."

"My daughter is gone," went on Oro, recovering his strength,



"and my great designs are ruined. Yet only for a while," he

added, "for the world-balance will return again, if not till long



after your life-spans are done."

"If you don't doctor yourself, Lord Oro," said Bickley, also



rising, "I may tell you as one who understands such things, that

most likely it will be after your life-span is done also. Although



their effect may be delayed, severe shocks from burns and over-

excitement are apt to prove fatal to the aged."



Oro snarled at him; no other word describes it.

"And there are other things, Physician," he said, "which are



apt to prove fatal to the young. At least now you will no longer

deny my power."



"I am not so sure," answered Bickley, "since it seems that

there is a greater Power, namely that of a woman's love and



sacrifice."

"And a greater still," interrupted Bastin, "Which put those



ideas into her head."




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