into ingots, refined to

K that there, at the last, he realized
it. The blood drained suddenly from his face and lips, leaving
them livid. I saw fear, then a wild horror in his eyes. He stood
swaying. Then his knees gave way and he toppled. He fell from his
height in the
air where I stood gazing at him--fell forward on his face, his
Titanic length spread all across the top of this rocky landscape! For
a moment I did not move.