The girl danced along before the streaming, bawling multitude.
She led the multitude on. She led the tramping multitude forward against the heart of the Machine city of Metropolis.
She said: "Come...! Come...! Come...! I will lead you...II will dance the dance of Death before you...I will dance the dance of the murderers before you...!"
"Destroy—destroy—destroy—!" yelled the crowd.
They acted without plan, and yet following a law. Destruction was the name of the law; they obeyed it.
The multitude divided. A broad stream poured itself, frothing, down into the tunnel of the underground railway.
The trains were standing ready on all the tracks. Searchlights wedged themselves into the darkness which crouched in the shafts, above the rails.
The multitude yelled. Here was a plaything for
