but it was in english and he could read it , and he did : `` , the glow of festal torches , - the blaze of perfumed lamps , - bonfires that had been kindled for him , when he was the darling of the people , - the splendor of the royal court , where he had been the peculiar star , - all seem to have collected their moral or material glory into the gem , and to burn with a radiance caught from the future , as well as gathered from the past. , `` `` you read it beautifully , '' she whispered .