"
As Satan spoke his last words he bid a brief adieu to Mr. World and
hastened away to the side of a young man who was almost persuaded to
yield to some elevating influence. I suddenly looked at Blackana whose
presence I had well-nigh forgotten.
"Have you been taking your ease in sleep?" I asked as an involuntary
shudder shook my frame.
"I never sleep. Suns may wax and wane, nations rise and fall, peoples
live and die, but I am awake forever."
"Did you hear the conversation between Satan and Mr. World?"
"Every word of it."
"Were you present when Satan held that great convocation to devise
plans for more efficient work against the church of Jesus Christ on
earth?"
"I attended every session."
"And did you hear the speech of Fast Devil?"
"I heard every word."
"And did Satan give to Mr. World a true account of the address?"
"He gave only a condensed and garbled rendering of it."
"Then I command you, O Blackana, to give me a full reproduction of
Fast Devil's speech as far as you are able to translate the language
of Hell into words that are intelligible to me. Can you remember each
thought?"
"I must remember, for I have not the power to forget," and Blackana
groaned aloud.
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