By various recondite processes, he converted the urine first into a noxious paste and then into a translucent waxy substance. None of it yielded gold, of course, but a strange and interesting thing did happen. After a time, the substance began to glow.

通过各种奥妙的过程，他先把尿变成了一种有毒的糊状物，然后再把糊状物变成一种半透明的蜡状物。当然，他没有得到黄金，但一件奇怪而有趣的事情发生了。过了一段时间，那东西开始发光。