the beast in the jungle-第15章

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n；　pale；　ill；　wasted；　but　all　beautiful；　and　perhaps　even　then　recoverable；　she　had　risen　from　her　chair　to　stand　before　him　and　let　him　imaginably　guess。　　It　had　sprung　as　he　didn't　guess；　it　had　sprung　as　she　hopelessly　turned　from　him；　and　the　mark；　by　the　time　he　left　her；　had　fallen　where　it　WAS　to　fall。　He　had　justified　his　fear　and　achieved　his　fate；　he　had　failed；　with　the　last　exactitude；　of　all　he　was　to　fail　of；　and　a　moan　now　rose　to　his　lips　as　he　remembered　she　had　prayed　he　mightn't　know。　This　horror　of　wakingTHIS　was　knowledge；　knowledge　under　the　breath　of　which　the　very　tears　in　his　eyes　seemed　to　freeze。　Through　them；　none　the　less；　he　tried　to　fix　it　and　hold　it；　he　kept　it　there　before　him　so　that　he　might　feel　the　pain。　　That　at　least；　belated　and　bitter；　had　something　of　the　taste　of　life。　　But　the　bitterness　suddenly　sickened　him；　and　it　was　as　if；　horribly；　he　saw；　in　the　truth；　in　the　cruelty　of　his　image；　what　had　been　appointed　and　done。　　He　saw　the　Jungle　of　his　life　and　saw　the　lurking　Beast；　then；　while　he　looked；　perceived　it；　as　by　a　stir　of　the　air；　rise；　huge　and　hideous；　for　the　leap　that　was　to　settle　him。　　His　eyes　darkenedit　was　close；　and；　instinctively　turning；　in　his　hallucination；　to　avoid　it；　he　flung　himself；　face　down；　on　the　tomb。





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