Bram Stoker

Bram Stoker

Summary

Portrait of Bram Stoker Bram Stoker,  The Invisible Giant (1881)

“ Knoal spake to Zaya:
"Grieve not, my child. I am glad that you see the Giant again, for I have hope that he will leave our city free from woe. I am the last victim, and I gladly die."
Then Zaya knelt to the Giant, and said:
"Spare him! oh! spare him and take me! but spare him! spare him!"
The old man raised himself upon his elbow as he lay, and spake to her:
"Grieve not, my little one, and repine not. Sooth I know that you would gladly give your life for mine. But we must give for the good of others that which is dearer to us than our lives. Bless you, my little one, and be good. Farewell!
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Portrait of Bram Stoker Bram Stoker,  The Invisible Giant (1881)

“ Truly knowledge is blinder than innocence."
The little maid, still not knowing there was any human being near her, cried out again, with a great cry of anguish:
"Oh, do not, do not, great Giant, do them harm. If someone must suffer, let it be me. Take me, I am willing to die, but spare them. Spare them, great Giant and do with me even as thou wilt." But the giant heeded not.
And Knoal-for he was the old man-felt his eyes fill with tears, and he said to himself,
"Oh, noble child, how brave she is, she would sacrifice herself!" And coming closer to her, he put his hand upon her head.
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Portrait of Bram Stoker Bram Stoker,  The Invisible Giant (1881)

“ Knoal and Zaya did all they could to help the poor people, but it was hard indeed to aid them, for the unseen Giant was amongst them, wandering through the city to and fro, so that none could tell where he would lay his ice-cold hand.
Some people fled away out of the city; but it was little use, for go how they would and fly never so fast they were still within the grasp of the unseen Giant. Ever and anon he turned their warm hearts to ice with his breath and his touch, and they fell dead.
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Source: Wikisource

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