Show the iron struck the iron with a thud and then followed dull short low blows he heard how bow tho the sharp nail was war entering the soft wood one hand it was not too late yet tho the other hand it was still not too late yet one foot the other foot Is it possible that all was ended he opened his eyes irresolutely and saw how the cross was lifted and placed in III a hole he how how the hands of jesus contracted convulsively and how they relaxed painfully and how the wounds were growing larger the hands were stretching stretching they became thin white dislocated at the shoulders and the wounds under the nails turned redder it seemed as though the hands would tear soon but everything stopped only ribs were moving lifted by quick deep breathing on the top of the earth stood the cross and upon it jesus crucified tho the horror and the dreams of iscariot had been realized he rose and looked about him with a cold glance and suddenly iscariot saw as clearly as his terrible victory also its ominous uncertainty what it the people should suddenly uni der stand it was not too late as yet jesus was still alive there he was calling with his sorrowful eyes |