'Yes!' She said at length; 'I tremble at that mark!--respect it!--I
obey you! Know then, that my bones lie still unburied: They rot in the
obscurity of Lindenberg Hole. None but this Youth has the right of
consigning them to the Grave. His own lips have made over to me his
body and his soul: Never will I give back his promise, never shall He
know a night devoid of terror, unless He engages to collect my
mouldering bones, and deposit them in the family vault of his
Andalusian Castle. Then let thirty Masses be said for the repose of my
Spirit, and I trouble this world no more. Now let me depart! Those
flames are scorching!'

He let the hand drop slowly which held the Crucifix, and which till
then He had pointed towards her. The apparition bowed her head, and
her form melted into air. The Exorciser led me out of the Circle. He
replaced the Bible &c. in the Chest, and then addressed himself to me,
who stood near him speechless from astonishment.

'Don Raymond, you have heard the conditions on which repose is promised
you. Be it your business to fulfil them to the letter. For me nothing
more remains than to clear up the darkness still spread over the
Spectre's History, and inform you that when living, Beatrice bore the
name of las Cisternas. She was the great Aunt of your Grandfather: In
quality of your relation, her ashes demand respect from you, though the
enormity of her crimes must excite your abhorrence. The nature of
those crimes no one is more capable of explaining to you than myself:
I was personally acquainted with the holy Man who proscribed her
nocturnal riots in the Castle of Lindenberg, and I hold this narrative
from his own lips.

'Beatrice de las Cisternas took the veil at an early age, not by her
own choice, but at the express command of her Parents. She was then
too young to regret the pleasures of which her profession deprived her:
But no sooner did her warm and voluptuous character begin to be
developed than She abandoned herself freely to the impulse of her
passions, and seized the first opportunity to procure their
gratification. This opportunity was at length presented, after many
obstacles which only added new force to her desires. She contrived to
elope from the Convent, and fled to Germany with the Baron Lindenberg.
She lived at his Castle several months as his avowed Concubine: All
Bavaria was scandalized by her impudent and abandoned conduct. Her
feasts vied in luxury with C