The Last Man

I will write and leave in this most ancient city this world's sole monument a record of these things. I will leave a monument of the existence of Verney the Last Man. At first I thought only to speak of plague of death and last of desertion; but I lingered fondly on my early years and recorded with sacred zeal the virtues of my companions. They have been with me during the fulfilment of my task. I have brought it to an end-I lift my eyes from my paper-again they are lost to me. Again I feel that I am alone.