e condition that they would
not leave her for a moment.

"'Oh, that the holy man were here!' she said; 'he can
deliver me: the dead and the living can never be one; God
has forbidden it.'

"With these mysterious words she surrendered herself to
their guidance, and they proceeded to the chamber which
Gerard Douw had assigned to her use.

"'Do not, do not leave me for a moment!' she said; 'I am
lost for ever if you do.'

"Gerard Douw's chamber was approached through a spacious
apartment, which they were now about to enter. He and
Schalken each carried a candle, so that a sufficiency of
light was cast upon all surrounding objects. They were now
entering the large chamber, which, as I have said,
communicated with Douw's apartment, when Rose suddenly
stopped, and, in a whisper which thrilled them both with
horror, she said, 'O God! he is here! he is here! See, see!
there he goes!'

"She pointed towards the door of the inner room, and
Schalken thought he saw a shadowy and ill-defined form
gliding into that apartment. He drew his sword, and raising
the candle so as to throw its light with increased
distinctness upon the objects in the room, he entered the
chamber into which the shadow had glided. No figure was
there--nothing but the furniture which belonged to the room;
and yet he could not be deceived as to the fact that
something had moved before them into the chamber. A
sickening dread came upon him, and the cold perspiration
broke out in heavy drops upon his forehead; nor was he more
composed when he heard the increased urgency and agony of
entreaty with which Rose implored them not to leave her for
a moment.

"'I saw him,' said she, 'he's here. I cannot be deceived; I
know him; he's by me; he is with me; he's in the room. Then,
for God's sake, as you would save me, do not stir from
beside me.'

"They at length prevailed upon her to lie down upon the bed,
where she continued to urge them to stay by her. She
frequently uttered incoherent sentences, repeating again and
again, 'The dead and the living cannot be one; God has
forbidden it:' and then again, 'Rest to the wakeful--sleep
to the sleep-walkers.' These and such mysterious and broken
sentences she continued to utter until the clergyman
arr