And yet his intimates, and sometimes mere government clerks, had seen the giant collapse, convulsed with weeping, tortured with despair, his features twitching and distorted.
For Greville, could one wipe away the poppy dust that covers him, was one of those tortured and unhappy souls who find themselves torn asunder by opposite desires.
Said to cause symptoms ranging from facial twitching to full body convulsions, the Babylonians believed those afflicted were possessed by evil spirits, and the only treatment was divine intervention.
But he did something else too. " During days of torture and nights of insomnia, " says Winkler, " John D. had time for reflection" . He began to think of other people.
但他也做了别的事。 “在受折磨的日子和失眠的夜晚,”温克勒说,“约翰 D. 有时间反思”。他开始为其他人着想。