l it
shone with strokes of brushes. Deeply and slowly in the bluish patina,
at the edge of the flowing locks, on the shoulder of the Christ, a
glimmer of shadow traced itself, faintly and unmistakably.

Confused murmurs ran through the darkness--the voice of the director--a
woman's breath.

"Ready, Berthold." It was the voice of the Herr Doctor.

There was a little hiss, a blinding flash of light, the click of a
camera, and blackness again.

A shutter flew open.

In the square of light an old woman groped toward the picture. Her
knotted hands were lifted to it.

Close at hand, a camera tucked under his arm, the laboratory assistant
stood--on his round, practical face the happy look of successful
experiment.

A little distance away the Herr Professor Doctor moved quickly. The one
with the rose looked up.

High above them all--on the great easel, struck by a ray of light from
the shutter--the Duerer Face of Sorrow--out of its four hundred
years--looked forth and waited in the modern world.

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