I watched it in trembling and anxiety; I drank it in as if I could preserve it, concentrating upon it the full power of my eyes, as upon the very last sensation of light which they were ever to experience, and the next moment I lay in the heavy gloom of deep, thick, unfathomable darkness.
Néztem, ittam a szememmel, minden figyelmemet oda összpontosítottam, hiszen ez volt az utolsó fény, amit érzékelhettem. Egyszerre ott maradtam a végtelen sötétségben.