And at that thought terror raised the hair on his head, for he felt that in such a case not only the remnant of his hope would fall into that abyss, but with it he himself, and all through which he had life, and there would remain only night and death, resembling a shoreless sea.
S e gondolatra égnek meredt a haja szála, mert megérezte, hogy akkor nemcsak utolsó reménysége zuhan ebbe a szakadékba, hanem ő maga, Lygia meg a Krisztus iránti szeretete meg hite is, meg mindene, ami éltette, s nem marad más, csak a halál meg a végtelen tengernyi éjszaka.