Presently his cheeks turned pale.
More than once he put it down, for it seemed impossible to go on, but with courage he took it up again and read on to the end.
"God--God in Heaven!" he broke out when he had finished it.

For a long time he walked the floor, trembling in body and shaking in spirit.

"Now I understand everything," he said at last aloud in a husky tone.

"Now I see what I could not see--ah yes, I see at last!" For another time of silence and turmoil he paced the floor, then he stopped short.

"I'm glad they both are dead," he said wearily.