the heart of her sleeping Lover: She then visited
the Cavern which held her mouldering skeleton, returned to the Castle
as soon as the Clock struck 'Two,' and was seen no more till the next
five years had elapsed.

'She was doomed to suffer during the space of a Century. That period
is past. Nothing now remains but to consign to the Grave the ashes of
Beatrice. I have been the means of releasing you from your visionary
Tormentor; and amidst all the sorrows which oppress me, to think that I
have been of use to you, is some consolation. Youth, farewell! May
the Ghost of your Relation enjoy that rest in the Tomb, which the
Almighty's vengeance has denied to me for ever!'

Here the Stranger prepared to quit the apartment.

'Stay yet one moment!' said I; 'You have satisfied my curiosity with
regard to the Spectre, but you leave me in prey to yet greater
respecting yourself. Deign to inform me, to whom I am under such real
obligations. You mention circumstances long past, and persons long
dead: You were personally acquainted with the Exorciser, who by your
own account has been deceased near a Century. How am I to account for
this? What means that burning Cross upon your forehead, and why did
the sight of it strike such horror to my soul?'

On these points He for some time refused to satisfy me. At length
overcome by my entreaties, He consented to clear up the whole, on
condition that I would defer his explanation till the next day. With
this request I was obliged to comply, and He left me. In the Morning
my first care was to enquire after the mysterious Stranger. Conceive
my disappointment when informed that He had already quitted Ratisbon.
I dispatched messengers in pursuit of him but in vain. No traces of
the Fugitive were discovered. Since that moment I never have heard any
more of him, and 'tis most probable that I never shall.'

(Lorenzo here interrupted his Friend's narrative.

'How?' said He; 'You have never discovered who He was, or even formed a
guess?'

'Pardon me,' replied the Marquis; 'When I related this adventure to my
Uncle, the Cardinal-Duke, He told me that He had no doubt of this
singular Man's being the celebrated Character known universally by the
name of 'the wandering Jew.' His not being permitted to pass more than
fourteen days on the same spot, the burning Cross impressed upon his
forehead, the effect which it produced upon the Beholders, and many
other circumstances give this