I bent over him and tried to find any sing of life but in vain he could not have lain There long for the earthy smell would have passed away in few hours by the side of box was its cover pierced with holes here and there. I thought he might have the keys on him but when i went to search i sew the dead eyes and in them dead though they were such a look of hate though unconscious of me or my present that i fled from the place and leaving the count's room by the window crawled again up the castle wall. Regaining my room, I threw myself panting upon the bed and tried to think