ss, of
specters gaunt and hideous that glided through the deserted court-yard,
and stood beside his chair even in the noisy banquet chamber.

For that the Count was mad I could not doubt.

Yea, of all these things he spake as he urged me on as a lazy horse
under whip and goad, to finish, finish.

I inquired of this at great risk of one of the men who stood guard; he
tapped his forehead, and replied:

"He does all things so. It is so in camp, on the field, in the hall.
Aye, but he's a very fiend in battle," and the fellow's eye brightened
with a fierce pleasure at the thought of his lord's well-known
prowess--for Count Raoul had wandered much in foreign lands, and deeds
of blood followed in whispers to his door.

* * * * * *

It is of these dealings with the evil lord, and close association with
one possessed, I seek cleansing. * * * Too often did I pass the names
of Rusbel, Ashtaroth, Beelzebub, Satan and others trippingly upon my
tongue--may the Saints defend--to keep my lord's temper smooth, for I
verily believe he meant to slay me when my task was done.

It was for this I made my work long and tedious, that the acid I was
daily using on my chains might have due season to eat them through, and
I could be free.

* * * finished at length to his satisfaction, and slipped off through
the night.

* * * * * *

Stated and subscribed in presence of Brothers Jehan and Hubert, on this
the morrow of All Saints', in the year of grace one thousand six
hundred and forty-six.

MIGUEL SILICEO.

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