chamber. His temper was lashed to its highest, wildest paroxysm of rage and revenge, when the valet accidentally mentioned what he had heard in the hotel. The disappearance of Miss Romain had already created a sensation through the town, and a report had been started that you had murdered her. From that moment his hellish mind was fixed. He sent a message to me, stating that, by force or art, I must silence the voice of Rosalie Romain: that the vessel must go without him; that the valet would accompany us in his stead, and that he would, by a French ship, meet us on our landing at Naples. So artfully was it managed, that we complied, scarce comprehending what it meant. Rosalie was sick during the whole passage. We met Clairmont a long time after our arrival. The valet had received instructions to conceal us, if possible, from all observation. This he effectually did; but, just before our meeting with Clairmont, died of a fever. It was Clairmont who flung the hat and feathers on the stream, and the handkerchief in the wood. He remained some time after in America to guard himself from suspicion.

"On his arrival in Europe, he had a most difficult game to play. It was his determination to conceal Rosalie Romain from human eyes, that the suspicion might never be withdrawn from you. I soon learned to hate the villain more ardently than I had ever loved him; but, while I hated, I also feared him. A character so malignant mastered mine. I knew him capable of the most fiendish actions, and I soon had an instance of it. Miss Romain, on finding her situation, and the cruel baseness of her lover, lost her senses, became a confirmed maniac, and was most secretly confined, under the superintendence of the priest Ambrose, at Rome, the brother of Clairmont, and, like him, a villain. Lest this should be betrayed by me, he obtained pos

session of my boy, in whom he knew my soul was bound up. With this grasp on me, he told me, with the triumphant hate and ferocity of a devil, that if ever I betrayed him, nay, if ever he suspected me, the young head I loved most should be crushed in the grave. I shuddered; I believed-I obeyed. How well I kept the secret, you can testify.

"At Prince M's you unknowingly informed me of the place where my boy was concealed. I hastened myself in disguise, when I knew that the priest was away, to his rooms, and recovered my lost treasure. I should have said, that, on first parting with Clairmont, I had yielded to the solicitations of Count D, and become his wife. With the intention of gaining possession of her person that I might commit her to your charge, I unlocked the prison of Rosalie Romain; but, with the subtlety of madness, she eluded my care, and escaped into the crowded streets. You know the rest. The angel boy is dead. I have no longer any reason to guard my reputation. May you be happy. My heart is ice. I have performed my duty. Farewell for ever!"

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