According as the shifting obscurity and flickering gleam hovered here or glanced there, it was now the bearded physician, Luke, that bent his brow; now St. John's long hair that waved; and anon the devilish face of Judas, that grew out of the panel, and seemed gathering life and threatening a revelation of the arch-traitor--of Satan himself--in his subordinate's form.
La combinación de luces y sombras que producía la temblorosa llama de la vela me permitía ver, a intervalos, el barbado rostro de Lucas, la larga cabellera flotante de San Juan y hasta la diabólica faz de Judas el traidor, que parecía salirse de su marco y reproducir las formas mismas del propio Satán.