ThesongroareduptoGrahamnow，nolongerupbornebymusic，butcoarseandnoisy，andthebeatingofthemarchingfeet，tramp，tramp，tramp，tramp，interwovewithathunderousirregularityoffootstepsfromtheundisciplinedrabblethatpouredalongthehigherways。
Abruptlyhenotedacontrast。Thebuildingsontheoppositesideofthewayseemeddeserted，thecablesandbridgesthatlacedacrosstheaislewereemptyandshadowy。ItcameintoGraham’smindthatthesealsoshouldhaveswarmedwithpeople。
Hefeltacuriousemotion——throbbing——veryfast！
Hestoppedagain。Theguardsbeforehimmarchedon；thoseabouthimstoppedashedid。Hesawthedirectionoftheirfaces。Thethrobbinghadsomethingtodowiththelights。Hetoolookedup。
Atfirstitseemedtohimathingthataffectedthelightssimply，anisolatedphenomenon，havingnobearingonthethingsbelow。Eachhugeglobeofblindingwhitenesswasasitwereclutched，compressedinasystolethatwasfollowedbyatransitorydiastole，andagainasystolelikeatighteninggrip，darkness，light，darkness，inrapidalternation。