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and then?" And the image of death, which he had so often met

undaunted, in face of an enemy, and which seemed to inflame his

courage and double his energy-this same image now, in the

midnight silence of his castle, quelled his spirit, and impressed

him with an awe which he in vain endeavoured to resist. Formerly,

the frequent spectacle of violence and murder, inspiring him with

a ferocious emulation, had served as a kind of authority against

his conscience; now the confused but terrible idea arose in his

mind of individual responsibility at the bar of God.