and i 'm running as fast as i can , though the fever 's slowing me down and i ca n't catch my breath and bradley and mistress coyle are running past me , and they 're grabbing lee and laying him down on the ground , mistress coyle having to forcibly pull his hands away from his bloody face- and another voice screams in the crowd- as we see- lee 's eyes- they 're gone- just gone- burned away in a slash of blood- burned away as if by acid- `` lee ! ''