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Chapter XXXVII

           Itwasasuddenmeeting,andoneinwhichrapturewaskeptwellincheckbypain. Ihadnodifficultyinrestrainingmyvoicefromexclamation,mystepfromhastyadvance. 

           Hisformwasofthesamestrongandstalwartcontourasever:hisportwasstillerect,hishairwasstillravenblack;norwerehisfeaturesalteredorsunk:notinoneyear’sspace,byanysorrow,couldhisathleticstrengthbequelledorhisvigorousprimeblighted. ButinhiscountenanceIsawachange:thatlookeddesperateandbroodingthatremindedmeofsomewrongedandfetteredwildbeastorbird,dangeroustoapproachinhissullenwoe. Thecagedeagle,whosegold-ringedeyescrueltyhasextinguished,mightlookaslookedthatsightlessSamson. 

           And,reader,doyouthinkIfearedhiminhisblindferocity?ifyoudo,youlittleknowme.AsofthopeblestwithmysorrowthatsoonIshoulddaretodropakissonthatbrowofrock,andonthoselipssosternlysealedbeneathit:butnotyet. Iwouldnotaccosthimyet. 

           Hedescendedtheonestep,andadvancedslowlyandgropinglytowardsthegrass-plat. Wherewashisdaringstridenow?Thenhepaused,asifheknewnotwhichwaytoturn. Heliftedhishandandopenedhiseyelids;gazedblank,andwithastrainingeffort,onthesky,andtowardtheamphitheatreoftrees:onesawthatalltohimwasvoiddarkness. 

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