According as the shifting obscurity and flickering gleam hovered here or glanced there, it was now the bearded physician, Luke, that bent his brow; now St. John's long hair that waved; and anon the devilish face of Judas, that grew out of the panel, and seemed gathering life and threatening a revelation of the arch-traitor--of Satan himself--in his subordinate's form.
Secondo le oscillazioni della fiamma era San Luca con la lunga barba, che curvava la fronte, o San Giovanni, con i capelli fluttuanti, o Giuda dal volto infernale, che si animava e prendeva le sembianze di Satana.