Nell's scarlet mouth curled. "Fool! Liar!" she snarled;
She viciously closed the switch.
Once again sallow flame trembled hot through the frame
Of the menavise; once again
Electrical stresses probed deep the recesses
Of Dougal's tormented brain.
"The torments of hell—but I never can tell ...
A man must fight to the end ...
My eyes—I've gone blind ... my head ... and my mind ...
If I only ... could only ... bend...."