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"By thought a crawling ruin, / By life a leaping mire, / By a broken heart in the breast of the world / And the end of the world's desire. " / -- Chesterton.
The terrible spectacle drove for the instant all thoughts of rebellion from my mind. My very blood froze in my veins and I stood motionless. I heard Hassim laugh grimly behind me. The eyes in the cadaverous face blazed fiendishly at me and I blanched from the concentrated Satanic fury in them.