Anthony closes his eyelids.
They multiply, surround him, besiege him. An unspeakable fear takes possession of him; and he feels nothing more of living sensation, save a burning contraction of the epigastrium. In spite of the tumult in his brain, he is aware of an enormous silence which separates him from the world. He tries to speak;—impossible! He feels as though all the bands of his life were breaking and dissolving;—and, no longer able to resist, Anthony falls prostrate upon his mat.)
[1] Acts X: 11-13—T.
[2] Esther IX: 5—T.
[3] Daniel II: 46.—T.
[4] Kings XX: 13 (Vulg.).—T.
[5] III Kings X: I (Vulg.).—T.