clay [kleI], formation [fO:'meIS(q)n], soapy ['squpI], watercourse ['wO:tqkO:s]
"Then it is clear that you have never seen the diamond mines at Kimberley. You may depend on it that this is Solomon's diamond mine; look there," I said, pointing to the stiff blue clay which was yet to be seen among the grass and bushes which clothed the sides of the pit, "the formation is the same. I'll be bound that if we went down there we should find `pipes' of soapy, brecciated rock. Look, too," and I pointed to a series of worn, flat slabs of rock which were placed on a gentle slope below the level of a watercourse which had in some past age been cut out of the solid rock; "if those are not tables once used to wash the `stuff,' I'm a Dutchman."
At the edge of this vast hole (Π½Π° ΠΊΡΠ°Ρ ΡΡΠΎΠΉ ΠΎΠ³ΡΠΎΠΌΠ½ΠΎΠΉ ΡΠΌΡ), which was the pit marked on the old don's map (ΠΊΠΎΡΠΎΡΠ°Ρ Π±ΡΠ»Π° ΡΠΎΠΉ ΡΠ°ΠΌΠΎΠΉ ΡΠ°Ρ ΡΠΎΠΉ, ΠΎΡΠΌΠ΅ΡΠ΅Π½Π½ΠΎΠΉ Π½Π° ΠΊΠ°ΡΡΠ΅ ΡΡΠ°ΡΠΎΠ³ΠΎ Π΄ΠΎΠ½Π°), the great road branched into two and circumvented it (Π±ΠΎΠ»ΡΡΠ°Ρ Π΄ΠΎΡΠΎΠ³Π° ΡΠ°Π·Π²Π΅ΡΠ²Π»ΡΠ»Π°ΡΡ /Π½Π° Π΄Π²Π΅/ ΠΈ ΠΎΠ³ΠΈΠ±Π°Π»Π° Π΅Π΅ /Ρ Π΄Π²ΡΡ ΡΡΠΎΡΠΎΠ½/; branch β Π²Π΅ΡΠ²Ρ, Π²Π΅ΡΠΊΠ°/Ρ ΡΠ°ΡΡΠ΅Π½ΠΈΠΉ/; ΠΎΡΠ²Π΅ΡΠ²Π»Π΅Π½ΠΈΠ΅/Π΄ΠΎΡΠΎΠ³ΠΈ ΠΈ Ρ.ΠΏ./; to branch β ΡΠ°ΡΠΊΠΈΠ΄ΡΠ²Π°Ρ ΡΠ²Π΅ΡΠ²ΠΈ; ΡΠ°Π·Π²Π΅ΡΠ²Π»ΡΡΡΡΡ, ΡΠ°ΡΡ ΠΎΠ΄ΠΈΡΡΡΡ; to circumvent β ΠΎΠΊΡΡΠΆΠ°ΡΡ, ΠΎΡ Π²Π°ΡΡΠ²Π°ΡΡ). In many places this circumventing road was built entirely of vast blocks of stone (Π²ΠΎ ΠΌΠ½ΠΎΠ³ΠΈΡ ΠΌΠ΅ΡΡΠ°Ρ ΡΡΠ° ΠΊΡΡΠ³ΠΎΠ²Π°Ρ Π΄ΠΎΡΠΎΠ³Π° Π±ΡΠ»Π° ΡΠ΅Π»ΠΈΠΊΠΎΠΌ ΠΏΠΎΡΡΡΠΎΠ΅Π½Π° ΠΈΠ· Π³ΡΠΎΠΌΠ°Π΄Π½ΡΡ ΠΊΠ°ΠΌΠ΅Π½Π½ΡΡ Π±Π»ΠΎΠΊΠΎΠ²), apparently with the object of supporting the edges of the pit and preventing falls of reef (ΠΎΡΠ΅Π²ΠΈΠ΄Π½ΠΎ Π΄Π»Ρ ΡΠΎΠ³ΠΎ, ΡΡΠΎΠ±Ρ ΠΏΠΎΠ΄Π΄Π΅ΡΠΆΠ°ΡΡ ΠΊΡΠ°Ρ ΡΠ°Ρ ΡΡ ΠΈ ΠΏΡΠ΅Π΄ΡΠΏΡΠ΅Π΄ΠΈΡΡ ΠΎΠ±Π²Π°Π»Ρ: Β«ΠΏΠ°Π΄Π΅Π½ΠΈΡΒ» ΠΏΡΡΡΠΎΠΉ ΠΏΠΎΡΠΎΠ΄Ρ; object β ΠΏΡΠ΅Π΄ΠΌΠ΅Ρ, Π²Π΅ΡΡ; ΡΠ΅Π»Ρ; reef β ΡΠΈΡ, ΠΏΠΎΠ΄Π²ΠΎΠ΄Π½Π°Ρ ΡΠΊΠ°Π»Π°; /Π³ΠΎΡΠ½./ Π·ΠΎΠ»ΠΎΡΠΎΠ½ΠΎΡΠ½ΡΠΉ ΠΈΠ»ΠΈ Π°Π»ΠΌΠ°Π·ΠΎΠ½ΠΎΡΠ½ΡΠΉ ΠΏΠ»Π°ΡΡ; ΡΡΠ°ΡΡΠΎΠΊ ΡΠ°Ρ ΡΡ, Π½Π΅ ΡΠΎΠ΄Π΅ΡΠΆΠ°ΡΠΈΠΉ Π·ΠΎΠ»ΠΎΡΠ° ΠΈΠ»ΠΈ Π±ΡΠΈΠ»Π»ΠΈΠ°Π½ΡΠΎΠ²). Along this road we pressed (ΠΏΠΎ ΡΡΠΎΠΉ Π΄ΠΎΡΠΎΠ³Π΅ ΠΌΡ ΠΈ ΠΏΠΎΡΠΏΠ΅ΡΠΈΠ»ΠΈ), driven by curiosity to see what the three towering objects were (ΠΏΠΎΠ΄Π³ΠΎΠ½ΡΠ΅ΠΌΡΠ΅ Π»ΡΠ±ΠΎΠΏΡΡΡΡΠ²ΠΎΠΌ /ΡΠΊΠΎΡΠ΅Π΅/ ΡΠ²ΠΈΠ΄Π΅ΡΡ, ΡΡΠΎ ΡΡΠΎ Π±ΡΠ»ΠΈ Π·Π° ΡΡΠΈ Π²ΠΎΠ·Π²ΡΡΠ°Π²ΡΠΈΡ ΡΡ ΠΎΠ±ΡΠ΅ΠΊΡΠ°) which we could discern from the hither side of the great hole (ΠΊΠΎΡΠΎΡΡΠ΅ ΠΌΡ ΡΠΌΠΎΠ³Π»ΠΈ ΡΠ°Π·Π³Π»ΡΠ΄Π΅ΡΡ Ρ Π½Π°ΡΠ΅ΠΉ ΡΡΠΎΡΠΎΠ½Ρ ΡΡΠΎΠΉ ΠΎΠ³ΡΠΎΠΌΠ½ΠΎΠΉ ΡΠΌΡ; hither β Π±Π»ΠΈΠΆΠ½ΠΈΠΉ, ΡΠ°ΡΠΏΠΎΠ»ΠΎΠΆΠ΅Π½Π½ΡΠΉ Π±Π»ΠΈΠΆΠ΅).
edge [edZ], circumvent ["sq:kqm'vent], driven [drIvn], discern [dI'sq:n]
At the edge of this vast hole, which was the pit marked on the old don's map, the great road branched into two and circumvented it. In many places this circumventing road was built entirely of vast blocks of stone, apparently with the object of supporting the edges of the pit and preventing falls of reef. Along this road we pressed, driven by curiosity to see what the three towering objects were which we could discern from the hither side of the great hole.
As we got nearer we perceived that they were colossi of some sort or another (ΠΊΠΎΠ³Π΄Π° ΠΌΡ ΠΏΠΎΠ΄ΠΎΡΠ»ΠΈ Π±Π»ΠΈΠΆΠ΅, ΠΌΡ ΠΏΠΎΠ½ΡΠ»ΠΈ, ΡΡΠΎ ΡΡΠΎ Π±ΡΠ»ΠΈ ΠΊΠ°ΠΊΠΈΠ΅-ΡΠΎ ΠΊΠΎΠ»ΠΎΡΡΡ: Β«ΠΊΠΎΠ»ΠΎΡΡΡ ΡΠΎΠ³ΠΎ ΠΈΠ»ΠΈ ΠΈΠ½ΠΎΠ³ΠΎ ΡΠΎΠ΄Π°Β»; colossus β Π³ΠΈΠ³Π°Π½Ρ, ΠΊΠΎΠ»ΠΎΡΡ), and rightly conjectured that these were the three "Silent Ones" (ΠΈ ΠΏΡΠ°Π²ΠΈΠ»ΡΠ½ΠΎ ΠΏΡΠ΅Π΄ΠΏΠΎΠ»ΠΎΠΆΠΈΠ»ΠΈ, ΡΡΠΎ ΡΡΠΎ Π±ΡΠ»ΠΈ ΡΠ΅ ΡΠ°ΠΌΡΠ΅ ΡΡΠΈ "ΠΠΎΠ»ΡΠ°Π»ΠΈΠ²ΡΠ΅"; conjecture β Π³ΠΈΠΏΠΎΡΠ΅Π·Π°, ΠΏΡΠ΅Π΄ΠΏΠΎΠ»ΠΎΠΆΠ΅Π½ΠΈΠ΅; to conjecture β ΡΡΡΠΎΠΈΡΡ Π΄ΠΎΠ³Π°Π΄ΠΊΠΈ, ΠΏΡΠ΅Π΄ΠΏΠΎΠ»Π°Π³Π°ΡΡ; ΠΏΡΠΈΡ ΠΎΠ΄ΠΈΡΡ ΠΊ Π·Π°ΠΊΠ»ΡΡΠ΅Π½ΠΈΡ, Π΄Π΅Π»Π°ΡΡ Π²ΡΠ²ΠΎΠ΄) that were held in such awe by the Kukuana people (ΠΊΠΎΡΠΎΡΡΠ΅ Π²Π½ΡΡΠ°Π»ΠΈ ΡΠ°ΠΊΠΎΠΉ Π±Π»Π°Π³ΠΎΠ³ΠΎΠ²Π΅ΠΉΠ½ΡΠΉ ΡΡΡΠ°Ρ ΠΊΡΠΊΡΠ°Π½ΡΠΊΠΎΠΌΡ Π½Π°ΡΠΎΠ΄Ρ; to hold β Π΄Π΅ΡΠΆΠ°ΡΡ; ΠΏΠΎΠ»Π°Π³Π°ΡΡ, ΡΡΠΈΡΠ°ΡΡ, ΠΏΠΈΡΠ°ΡΡ/ΠΊΠ°ΠΊΠΈΠ΅-Π»ΠΈΠ±ΠΎ/ ΡΡΠ²ΡΡΠ²Π°/ΠΊ ΠΊΠΎΠΌΡ-Π»ΠΈΠ±ΠΎ/). But it was not until we got quite close (Π½ΠΎ ΡΠΎΠ»ΡΠΊΠΎ ΠΊΠΎΠ³Π΄Π° ΠΌΡ ΠΏΠΎΠ΄ΠΎΡΠ»ΠΈ ΡΠΎΠ²ΡΠ΅ΠΌ Π±Π»ΠΈΠ·ΠΊΠΎ) that we recognized the full majesty of these "Silent Ones" (ΠΌΡ ΡΠΌΠΎΠ³Π»ΠΈ Π²ΠΏΠΎΠ»Π½Π΅ ΠΎΡΠ΅Π½ΠΈΡΡ Π±Π΅ΡΡΠΏΠΎΡΠ½ΠΎΠ΅ Π²Π΅Π»ΠΈΡΠΈΠ΅ ΡΡΠΈΡ "ΠΠΎΠ»ΡΠ°Π»ΠΈΠ²ΡΡ "; to recognize β ΠΎΡΠΎΠ·Π½Π°Π²Π°ΡΡ, ΠΏΠΎΡΡΠΈΠ³Π°ΡΡ; full β ΠΏΠΎΠ»Π½ΡΠΉ, Π½Π°ΠΏΠΎΠ»Π½Π΅Π½Π½ΡΠΉ ΡΠ΅Π»ΠΈΠΊΠΎΠΌ; ΠΏΠΎΠ»Π½ΡΠΉ, ΠΈΡΡΠ΅ΡΠΏΡΠ²Π°ΡΡΠΈΠΉ).
There, upon huge pedestals of dark rock, sculptured in unknown characters (ΡΠ°ΠΌ, Π½Π° ΠΎΠ³ΡΠΎΠΌΠ½ΡΡ ΠΏΡΠ΅Π΄Π΅ΡΡΠ°Π»Π°Ρ ΠΈΠ· ΡΠ΅ΠΌΠ½ΠΎΠΉ ΡΠΊΠ°Π»Ρ, ΡΠΊΡΠ°ΡΠ΅Π½Π½ΡΡ Π½Π΅ΠΏΠΎΠ½ΡΡΠ½ΡΠΌΠΈ: Β«Π½Π΅ΠΈΠ·Π²Π΅ΡΡΠ½ΡΠΌΠΈΒ» ΡΠΈΠΌΠ²ΠΎΠ»Π°ΠΌΠΈ; to sculpture β Π²Π°ΡΡΡ, Π»Π΅ΠΏΠΈΡΡ; ΡΠΊΡΠ°ΡΠ°ΡΡ ΡΠΊΡΠ»ΡΠΏΡΡΡΠ½ΠΎΠΉ ΡΠ°Π±ΠΎΡΠΎΠΉ; character β Ρ Π°ΡΠ°ΠΊΡΠ΅Ρ, Π½ΡΠ°Π²; ΠΈΠ΅ΡΠΎΠ³Π»ΠΈΡ, ΡΠΈΠΌΠ²ΠΎΠ», Π·Π½Π°ΠΊ), twenty paces between each and looking down the road which crossed some sixty miles of plain to Loo (Π½Π° ΡΠ°ΡΡΡΠΎΡΠ½ΠΈΠΈ Π΄Π²Π°Π΄ΡΠ°ΡΠΈ ΡΠ°Π³ΠΎΠ² Π΄ΡΡΠ³ ΠΎΡ Π΄ΡΡΠ³Π° ΠΈ Π³Π»ΡΠ΄Ρ Π½Π° Π΄ΠΎΡΠΎΠ³Ρ, ΠΊΠΎΡΠΎΡΠ°Ρ ΠΏΠ΅ΡΠ΅ΡΠ΅ΠΊΠ°Π»Π° ΡΠ΅ΡΡΡΠ΄Π΅ΡΡΡ ΠΌΠΈΠ»Ρ ΠΏΡΡΡΡΠ½ΠΈ Π΄ΠΎ ΠΡ), were three colossal seated forms (ΡΠ°ΡΠΏΠΎΠ»Π°Π³Π°Π»ΠΈΡΡ ΡΡΠΈ Π³ΡΠ°Π½Π΄ΠΈΠΎΠ·Π½ΡΠ΅ ΡΠΈΠ΄ΡΡΠΈΠ΅ ΡΠΈΠ³ΡΡΡ) β two males and one female (Π΄Π²Π΅ ΠΌΡΠΆΡΠΊΠΈΠ΅ ΠΈ ΠΎΠ΄Π½Π° ΠΆΠ΅Π½ΡΠΊΠ°Ρ) β each measuring about twenty feet from the crown of the head to the pedestal (ΠΊΠ°ΠΆΠ΄Π°Ρ ΠΎΠΊΠΎΠ»ΠΎ Π΄Π²Π°Π΄ΡΠ°ΡΠΈ ΡΡΡΠΎΠ² Π²ΡΡΠΎΡΠΎΠΉ ΠΎΡ ΡΠ΅ΠΌΠ΅Π½ΠΈ Π΄ΠΎ ΠΏΡΠ΅Π΄Π΅ΡΡΠ°Π»Π°; measure β ΠΌΠ΅ΡΠ°, Π΅Π΄ΠΈΠ½ΠΈΡΠ° ΠΈΠ·ΠΌΠ΅ΡΠ΅Π½ΠΈΡ; to measure β ΠΈΠ·ΠΌΠ΅ΡΡΡΡ, ΠΌΠ΅ΡΠΈΡΡ; ΠΈΠΌΠ΅ΡΡ ΡΠ°Π·ΠΌΠ΅Ρ; crown β ΠΊΠΎΡΠΎΠ½Π°, Π²Π΅Π½Π΅Ρ; ΠΌΠ°ΠΊΡΡΠΊΠ°, ΡΠ΅ΠΌΡ).
colossi [kq'lOsaI], conjecture [kqn'dZekCq], pedestal ['pedIstl], sculpture ['skAlpCq]
As we got nearer we perceived that they were colossi of some sort or another, and rightly conjectured that these were the three "Silent Ones" that were held in such awe by the Kukuana people. But it was not until we got quite close that we recognized the full majesty of these "Silent Ones."
There, upon huge pedestals of dark rock, sculptured in unknown characters, twenty paces between each; and looking down the road which crossed some sixty miles of plain to Loo, were three colossal seated forms β two males and one female β each measuring about twenty feet from the crown of the head to the pedestal.
The female form which was nude, was of great though severe beauty (ΠΆΠ΅Π½ΡΠΊΠ°Ρ ΡΠΈΠ³ΡΡΠ°, ΠΊΠΎΡΠΎΡΠ°Ρ Π±ΡΠ»Π° ΠΎΠ±Π½Π°ΠΆΠ΅Π½Π½ΠΎΠΉ, Π±ΡΠ»Π° ΡΠ΄ΠΈΠ²ΠΈΡΠ΅Π»ΡΠ½ΠΎΠΉ, Ρ ΠΎΡΡ ΠΈ ΡΡΡΠΎΠ³ΠΎΠΉ, ΠΊΡΠ°ΡΠΎΡΡ; greatβ Π±ΠΎΠ»ΡΡΠΎΠΉ, ΠΎΠ³ΡΠΎΠΌΠ½ΡΠΉ; Π²Π΅Π»ΠΈΠΊΠΎΠ»Π΅ΠΏΠ½ΡΠΉ, Π²ΠΎΡΡ ΠΈΡΠΈΡΠ΅Π»ΡΠ½ΡΠΉ; severeβ ΡΡΡΠΎΠ³ΠΈΠΉ, ΡΡΡΠΎΠ²ΡΠΉ; ΡΡΡΠΎΠ³ΠΈΠΉ, ΠΏΡΠΎΡΡΠΎΠΉ, Π±Π΅Π· ΠΈΠ·Π»ΠΈΡΠ΅ΡΡΠ² /ΠΎ ΡΡΠΈΠ»Π΅ ΠΈ Ρ.ΠΏ./), but unfortunately the features were injured by centuries of exposure to the weather (Π½ΠΎ, ΠΊ ΡΠΎΠΆΠ°Π»Π΅Π½ΠΈΡ, ΡΠ΅ΡΡΡ Π΅Π΅ Π»ΠΈΡΠ° ΠΏΠΎΡΡΡΠ°Π΄Π°Π»ΠΈ: Β«Π±ΡΠ»ΠΈ ΠΏΠΎΠ²ΡΠ΅ΠΆΠ΄Π΅Π½ΡΒ» Π·Π° ΠΌΠ½ΠΎΠ³ΠΈΠ΅ Π²Π΅ΠΊΠ° ΠΈΠ·-Π·Π° Π²ΠΎΠ·Π΄Π΅ΠΉΡΡΠ²ΠΈΡ Π½Π΅ΠΏΠΎΠ³ΠΎΠ΄Ρ; to exposeβ ΠΏΠΎΠ΄Π²Π΅ΡΠ³Π°ΡΡ Π΄Π΅ΠΉΡΡΠ²ΠΈΡ /ΡΠΎΠ»Π½ΡΠ°, Π½Π΅ΠΏΠΎΠ³ΠΎΠ΄Ρ ΠΈ Ρ.ΠΏ./; exposureβ ΠΏΠΎΠ΄Π²Π΅ΡΠ³Π°Π½ΠΈΠ΅ ΠΊΠ°ΠΊΠΎΠΌΡ-Π»ΠΈΠ±ΠΎ Π²ΠΎΠ·Π΄Π΅ΠΉΡΡΠ²ΠΈΡ, ΠΎΡΡΠ°Π²Π»Π΅Π½ΠΈΠ΅ Π½Π° ΡΠΎΠ»Π½ΡΠ΅, ΠΏΠΎΠ΄ Π΄ΠΎΠΆΠ΄Π΅ΠΌ ΠΈ Ρ.ΠΏ.; weatherβ ΠΏΠΎΠ³ΠΎΠ΄Π°; Π½Π΅ΠΏΠΎΠ³ΠΎΠ΄Π°). Rising from each side of her head were the points of a crescent (Ρ ΠΊΠ°ΠΆΠ΄ΠΎΠΉ ΡΡΠΎΡΠΎΠ½Ρ Π΅Π΅ Π³ΠΎΠ»ΠΎΠ²Ρ ΠΏΠΎΠ΄Π½ΠΈΠΌΠ°Π»ΠΈΡΡ ΡΠΎΠΆΠΊΠΈ ΠΏΠΎΠ»ΡΠΌΠ΅ΡΡΡΠ°; pointβ ΡΠΎΡΠΊΠ°, ΠΏΡΡΠ½ΡΡΠΊΠΎ; ΠΊΠΎΠ½ΡΠΈΠΊ, ΠΎΡΡΡΠΎΠΊΠΎΠ½Π΅ΡΠ½Π°Ρ Π²Π΅ΡΡ ΡΡΠΊΠ°). The two male colossi were, on the contrary, draped (Π΄Π²Π΅ ΠΌΡΠΆΡΠΊΠΈΠ΅ Π³ΠΈΠ³Π°Π½ΡΡΠΊΠΈΠ΅ ΡΠΈΠ³ΡΡΡ Π±ΡΠ»ΠΈ, Π½Π°ΠΎΠ±ΠΎΡΠΎΡ, ΠΎΠ±Π»Π°ΡΠ΅Π½Ρ /Π² ΠΌΠ°Π½ΡΠΈΠΈ/; contraryβ Π½Π΅ΡΡΠΎ ΠΎΠ±ΡΠ°ΡΠ½ΠΎΠ΅, ΠΏΡΠΎΡΠΈΠ²ΠΎΠΏΠΎΠ»ΠΎΠΆΠ½ΠΎΠ΅; on the contraryβ Π½Π°ΠΎΠ±ΠΎΡΠΎΡ; to drapeβ ΡΠΊΡΠ°ΡΠ°ΡΡ ΡΠΊΠ°Π½ΡΠΌΠΈ; Π΄ΡΠ°ΠΏΠΈΡΠΎΠ²Π°ΡΡ, ΠΈΠ·ΡΡΠ½ΠΎ Π½Π°Π±ΡΠ°ΡΡΠ²Π°ΡΡ), and presented a terrifying cast of features (ΠΈ Π»ΠΈΡΠ° ΠΈΡ Π±ΡΠ»ΠΈ ΡΠΆΠ°ΡΠ½Ρ: Β«ΠΈ ΠΏΡΠ΅Π΄ΡΡΠ°Π²Π»ΡΠ»ΠΈ ΡΠΆΠ°ΡΠ°ΡΡΠΈΠΉ ΡΠΈΠΏ ΡΠ΅ΡΡ Π»ΠΈΡΠ°Β»; castβ Π±ΡΠΎΡΠΎΠΊ, ΡΠ²ΡΡΠΎΠΊ; ΡΠΊΠ»Π°Π΄, ΡΠΈΠΏ, ΡΠΎΠ΄), especially the one to our right, which had the face of a devil (ΠΎΡΠΎΠ±Π΅Π½Π½ΠΎ Ρ ΡΠΎΠ³ΠΎ, ΡΡΠΎ /ΡΠΈΠ΄Π΅Π»/ ΡΠΏΡΠ°Π²Π° ΠΎΡ Π½Π°Ρ, Ρ ΠΊΠΎΡΠΎΡΠΎΠ³ΠΎ Π±ΡΠ»ΠΎ ΠΏΡΠΎΡΡΠΎ-ΡΠ°ΠΊΠΈ Π»ΠΈΡΠΎ Π΄ΡΡΠ²ΠΎΠ»Π°). That to our left was serene in countenance (Ρ ΡΠΎΠ³ΠΎ, ΡΡΠΎ ΡΠΈΠ΄Π΅Π» ΡΠ»Π΅Π²Π° ΠΎΡ Π½Π°Ρ, Π±ΡΠ»ΠΎ Π±Π΅Π·ΠΌΡΡΠ΅ΠΆΠ½ΠΎΠ΅ Π²ΡΡΠ°ΠΆΠ΅Π½ΠΈΠ΅ Π»ΠΈΡΠ°; sereneβ ΡΡΠ½ΡΠΉ, ΡΠΏΠΎΠΊΠΎΠΉΠ½ΡΠΉ; Π±Π΅Π·ΠΌΡΡΠ΅ΠΆΠ½ΡΠΉ, Π½Π΅Π²ΠΎΠ·ΠΌΡΡΠΈΠΌΡΠΉ), but the calm upon it was dreadful (Π½ΠΎ ΡΠΏΠΎΠΊΠΎΠΉΡΡΠ²ΠΈΠ΅ Π½Π° Π΅Π³ΠΎ Π»ΠΈΡΠ΅ Π²Π½ΡΡΠ°Π»ΠΎ ΡΠΆΠ°Ρ). It was the calm of inhuman cruelty (ΡΡΠΎ Π±ΡΠ»ΠΎ ΡΠΏΠΎΠΊΠΎΠΉΡΡΠ²ΠΈΠ΅ Π±Π΅ΡΡΠ΅Π»ΠΎΠ²Π΅ΡΠ½ΠΎΠΉ ΠΆΠ΅ΡΡΠΎΠΊΠΎΡΡΠΈ), the cruelty, Sir Henry remarked, that the ancients attributed to beings potent for good (ΡΠ°ΠΊΠΎΠΉ ΠΆΠ΅ΡΡΠΎΠΊΠΎΡΡΠΈ, ΠΊΠ°ΠΊ Π·Π°ΠΌΠ΅ΡΠΈΠ» ΡΡΡ ΠΠ΅Π½ΡΠΈ, ΠΊΠ°ΠΊΠΎΠΉ Π΄ΡΠ΅Π²Π½ΠΈΠ΅ Π½Π°Π³ΡΠ°ΠΆΠ΄Π°Π»ΠΈ ΡΡΡΠ΅ΡΡΠ², ΡΠΏΠΎΡΠΎΠ±Π½ΡΡ Π½Π° Π΄ΠΎΠ±ΡΡΠ΅ Π΄Π΅Π»Π°; to attributeβ ΠΏΡΠΈΠΏΠΈΡΡΠ²Π°ΡΡ /ΡΠ΅ΠΌΡ-Π»ΠΈΠ±ΠΎ/; ΡΡΠΈΡΠ°ΡΡ ΡΡΠΈΠΌ-Π»ΠΈΠ±ΠΎ Π½Π΅ΠΎΡΡΠ΅ΠΌΠ»Π΅ΠΌΡΠΌ ΡΠ²ΠΎΠΉΡΡΠ²ΠΎΠΌ; potentβ ΠΌΠΎΠ³ΡΡΠ΅ΡΡΠ²Π΅Π½Π½ΡΠΉ, ΠΌΠΎΠ³ΡΡΠΈΠΉ), who could yet watch the sufferings of humanity (ΠΊΠΎΡΠΎΡΡΠ΅, ΠΌΠΎΠ³Π»ΠΈ, ΠΎΠ΄Π½Π°ΠΊΠΎ ΠΆΠ΅, Π²Π·ΠΈΡΠ°ΡΡ Π½Π° ΡΡΡΠ°Π΄Π°Π½ΠΈΡ ΡΠ΅Π»ΠΎΠ²Π΅ΡΠ΅ΡΡΠ²Π°), if not with rejoicing (Π΅ΡΠ»ΠΈ ΠΈ Π½Π΅ Ρ ΡΠ°Π΄ΠΎΡΡΡΡ), at least without suffering themselves (ΡΠΎ, ΠΏΠΎ ΠΌΠ΅Π½ΡΡΠ΅ΠΉ ΠΌΠ΅ΡΠ΅, Π±Π΅Π· ΡΠΎΡΡΡΠ°Π΄Π°Π½ΠΈΡ).
female ['fi:meIl], nude [nju:d], injured ['IndZqd], exposure [Ik'spquZq], crescent [kresnt], cruelty ['kruqltI], attribute [q'trIbju:t]
The female form which was nude, was of great though severe beauty, but unfortunately the features were injured by centuries of exposure to the weather. Rising from each side of her head were the points of a crescent. The two male colossi were, on the contrary, draped, and presented a terrifying cast of features, especially the one to our right, which had the face of a devil. That to our left was serene in countenance, but the calm upon it was dreadful. It was the calm of inhuman cruelty, the cruelty, Sir Henry remarked, that the ancients attributed to beings potent for good, who could yet watch the sufferings of humanity, if not with rejoicing, at least without suffering themselves.
The three formed a most awe-inspiring trinity (ΡΡΠΈ ΡΡΠΎΠ΅ ΠΎΠ±ΡΠ°Π·ΠΎΠ²ΡΠ²Π°Π»ΠΈ Π²Π΅ΡΡΠΌΠ° Π²Π½ΡΡΠ°ΡΡΡΡ Π±Π»Π°Π³ΠΎΠ³ΠΎΠ²Π΅ΠΉΠ½ΡΠΉ ΡΠΆΠ°Ρ Π³ΡΡΠΏΠΏΡ; trinity β ΡΡΠΎ-Π»ΠΈΠ±ΠΎ, ΡΠΎΡΡΠΎΡΡΠ΅Π΅ ΠΈΠ· ΡΡΠ΅Ρ ΡΠ°ΡΡΠ΅ΠΉ), as they sat there in their solitude and gazed out across the plain forever (ΡΠΈΠ΄Ρ /ΡΠ°ΠΌ/ Π² ΡΠ²ΠΎΠ΅ΠΌ ΠΎΠ΄ΠΈΠ½ΠΎΡΠ΅ΡΡΠ²Π΅ ΠΈ Π²Π΅ΡΠ½ΠΎ ΡΠΎΠ·Π΅ΡΡΠ°Ρ ΡΠ°Π²Π½ΠΈΠ½Ρ). Contemplating these "Silent Ones", as the Kukuanas called them (ΠΏΠΎΠΊΠ° ΠΌΡ ΡΠ°ΡΡΠΌΠ°ΡΡΠΈΠ²Π°Π»ΠΈ ΡΡΠΈΡ "ΠΠΎΠ»ΡΠ°Π»ΠΈΠ²ΡΡ ", ΠΊΠ°ΠΊ ΠΈΡ Π½Π°Π·ΡΠ²Π°Π»ΠΈ ΠΊΡΠΊΡΠ°Π½Ρ), an intense curiosity again seized us to know whose were the hands that had shaped them (Π½Π°Ρ ΠΎΡ Π²Π°ΡΠΈΠ»ΠΎ ΡΠΈΠ»ΡΠ½ΠΎΠ΅ Π»ΡΠ±ΠΎΠΏΡΡΡΡΠ²ΠΎ = ΠΆΠ΅Π»Π°Π½ΠΈΠ΅ ΡΠ·Π½Π°ΡΡ, ΡΡΠΈ ΠΆΠ΅ ΡΡΠΊΠΈ ΡΠΎΡΠ²ΠΎΡΠΈΠ»ΠΈ ΠΈΡ ; to shape β ΠΏΡΠΈΠ΄Π°Π²Π°ΡΡ ΡΠΎΡΠΌΡ; Π΄Π΅Π»Π°ΡΡ, ΡΠΎΠ·Π΄Π°Π²Π°ΡΡ/ΠΈΠ· ΡΠ΅Π³ΠΎ-Π»ΠΈΠ±ΠΎ/), who was it that had dug the pit and made the road (ΠΈ ΠΊΡΠΎ Π±ΡΠ»ΠΈ ΡΠ΅, ΠΊΡΠΎ Π²ΡΠΊΠΎΠΏΠ°Π» ΡΡΡ ΡΠ°Ρ ΡΡ ΠΈ ΠΏΠΎΡΡΡΠΎΠΈΠ» Π΄ΠΎΡΠΎΠ³Ρ). While I was gazing and wondering, it suddenly occurred to me (ΠΏΠΎΠΊΠ° Ρ ΡΠΌΠΎΡΡΠ΅Π» ΠΈ ΡΠ°Π·Π΄ΡΠΌΡΠ²Π°Π», ΠΌΠ½Π΅ Π²Π½Π΅Π·Π°ΠΏΠ½ΠΎ ΠΏΡΠΈΡΠ»ΠΎ Π² Π³ΠΎΠ»ΠΎΠ²Ρ) (being familiar with the Old Testament (ΡΠ°ΠΊ ΠΊΠ°ΠΊ Ρ Π±ΡΠ» Π·Π½Π°ΠΊΠΎΠΌ Ρ ΠΠ΅ΡΡ ΠΈΠΌ ΠΠ°Π²Π΅ΡΠΎΠΌ)) that Solomon went astray after strange gods, the names of three of whom I remembered (ΡΡΠΎ Π‘ΠΎΠ»ΠΎΠΌΠΎΠ½ ΡΠ±ΠΈΠ»ΡΡ Ρ ΠΏΡΡΠΈ /ΠΈΡΡΠΈΠ½Π½ΠΎΠ³ΠΎ ΠΈ ΠΏΠΎΡΠ΅Π»/ Π·Π° ΡΡΠΆΠ΅Π·Π΅ΠΌΠ½ΡΠΌΠΈ Π±ΠΎΠ³Π°ΠΌΠΈ, ΠΈΠΌΠ΅Π½Π° ΡΡΠΎΠΈΡ ΠΈΠ· ΠΊΠΎΡΠΎΡΡΡ Ρ Π·Π°ΠΏΠΎΠΌΠ½ΠΈΠ»; astray β Π·Π°Π±Π»ΡΠ΄ΠΈΠ²ΡΠΈΡΡ, ΡΠ±ΠΈΠ²ΡΠΈΡΡ Ρ ΠΏΡΡΠΈ) β "Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidovians (ΠΡΡΠΎΡΠ΅Ρ[2], Π±ΠΎΠ³ΠΈΠ½Ρ ΡΠΈΠ΄ΠΎΠ½ΡΠ½), Chemosh the god of the Moabites (Π§Π΅ΠΌΠΎΡ[3], Π±ΠΎΠ³ ΠΌΠΎΠ°Π±ΠΈΡΠΎΠ²), and Milcom the god of the children of Ammon (ΠΈ ΠΠΈΠ»ΡΠΊΠΎΠΌ[4], Π±ΠΎΠ³ Π΄Π΅ΡΠ΅ΠΉ ΠΠΌΠΌΠΎΠ½Π°)" β and I suggested to my companions (ΠΈ Ρ Π²ΡΡΠΊΠ°Π·Π°Π» ΡΠ²ΠΎΠΈΠΌ ΡΠΏΡΡΠ½ΠΈΠΊΠ°ΠΌ ΠΏΡΠ΅Π΄ΠΏΠΎΠ»ΠΎΠΆΠ΅Π½ΠΈΠ΅) that the three figures before us might represent these false divinities (ΡΡΠΎ ΡΡΠΈ ΡΡΠΈ ΡΠΈΠ³ΡΡΡ ΠΏΡΠ΅Π΄ Π½Π°ΠΌΠΈ ΠΌΠΎΠ³Π»ΠΈ ΠΏΡΠ΅Π΄ΡΡΠ°Π²Π»ΡΡΡ ΠΈΠΌΠ΅Π½Π½ΠΎ ΡΡΠΈΡ Π»ΠΎΠΆΠ½ΡΡ Π±ΠΎΠΆΠ΅ΡΡΠ²; false β Π½Π΅Π²Π΅ΡΠ½ΡΠΉ, ΠΎΡΠΈΠ±ΠΎΡΠ½ΡΠΉ; Π»ΠΎΠΆΠ½ΡΠΉ, Π½Π΅Π½Π°ΡΡΠΎΡΡΠΈΠΉ; divinity β Π±ΠΎΠΆΠ΅ΡΡΠ²Π΅Π½Π½ΠΎΡΡΡ; Π±ΠΎΠΆΠ΅ΡΡΠ²ΠΎ).