Bright blue light welled from the sigla, illuminating the darkness of the hold.

A soft light welled like water against the crystal pane, which separated alcove from hall.

A hideous red light welled through.

A brilliant light welled through the curtains.

Then he saw that a faint light was welling through his fingers and he thrust it in his bosom') the original narrative diverged, and was followed in the fair copy manuscript (where it was subsequently replaced by the later story).

Page 4 of the manuscript, on which the pencilled draft though overwritten can mostly be read, ends with the words: 'Then he saw that a faint light was welling through his fingers and he thrust it in his bosom.'

When he saw that the clear light was already welling through his fingers, he thrust it into his bosom and held it against his heart.