Put them against my temples, so! For every bit of the love I have given you you are permitted to repay me with coolness-- coolness and comfort in hell!" Suddenly he broke into exultant laughter, a sound more terrible than the wild wails from the deck.
"See!" he said, and his eyes twinkled as he stretched out a gaunt arm toward a corner of the room.

"There's Johnny Carson lying naked on a bed of blue fire.

Ha, ha, ha! Have you been waiting long for me to come, lad ?" She shut out the hungry, hideous light of his eyes with the palms of her hands.

Now the screaming on the deck ceased abruptly.
"Beatrice!" he cried with a sudden terror.
"Yes," answered Kate.
"Ah," he said, and patted her hands endearingly.

"When the silence came, I feared maybe you were leaving me.