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"It is done," said the doctor.
And from out all their mouths, vaguely stammered in every language, came
the dismal utterances of the catacombs.
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"
Ainsi soit-il!"
Mea culpa!"
Asi sea!"
Aro raï!"
Amen!"
It was as though the sombre voices of Babel were scattered through the
shadows as Heaven uttered its awful refusal to hear them.
The doctor turned away from his companions in crime and distress, and
took a few steps towards the gunwale. Reaching the side, he looked into
space, and said, in a deep voice,--
"Bist du bei mir?"[8]
Perchance he was addressing some phantom.
The wreck was sinking.
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