and to-night that voice took a more solemn tone--that manner a more thrilling meaning--as he sat in the midst of his household circle (the May moon shining in through the uncurtained window, and rendering almost unnecessary the light of the candle on the table): as he sat there, bending over the great old Bible, and described from its page the vision of the new heaven and the new earth--told how God would come to dwell with men, how He would wipe away all tears from their eyes, and promised that there should be no more death, neither sorrow nor crying, nor any more pain, because the former things were passed away.
Il était assis au milieu de nous; la lune de mai brillait à travers les fenêtres dépouillées de leurs rideaux, et rendait presque inutile la lumière posée sur la table. Saint-John était penché sur sa vieille Bible, et lisait les pages où saint Jean raconte qu'il a vu un nouveau ciel et une nouvelle terre, «que Dieu viendra habiter parmi les hommes, qu'il essuiera toute larme de leurs yeux, qu'il n'y aura plus ni mort, ni deuil, ni cri, ni travail, car ce qui était auparavant sera passé.»