Well, in my dressing-room, behind one of the large wall pictures, I have discovered a door leading into a lonely, dark corridor.

From this corridor there is a passage up into yonder tower.

It is unoccupied and deserted.

Nobody ever thinks of entering that part of the castle, and the quiet of the grave reigns throughout those apartments, which nevertheless are furnished with a magnificence truly regal.

There will I receive him." "But how shall he make his way thither ?" "Oh, do not be concerned; I have thought over that many days since; and while I was refusing my lover the interview for which he again and again implored me, I was quietly preparing everything so as to be able one day to grant it to him.