He would not now conduct little Nell to the.... : Quote by Henryk Sienkiewicz

“ He would not now conduct little Nell to the coast; he would not convey her by a steamer to Port Said, would not surrender her to Mr. Rawlinson; he himself would not fall into his father's arms and would not hear from his lips that he had acted like a true Pole! The end, the end! In a few days the sun would shine only upon the lifeless bodies and afterwards would dry them up into a semblance of those mummies which slumber in an eternal sleep in the museums in Egypt ”

Henryk Sienkiewicz
  • From : In Desert and Wilderness
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