He started on the entrance of the stranger, and rose feebly to his feet.
'"What now, what now ?" said the old man.

"What fresh misery is this?
What do you want here ?" '"A word with YOU," replied Heyling.

As he spoke, he seated himself at the other end of the table, and, throwing off his cloak and cap, disclosed his features.
'The old man seemed instantly deprived of speech.

He fell backward in his chair, and, clasping his hands together, gazed on the apparition with a mingled look of abhorrence and fear.
'"This day six years," said Heyling, "I claimed the life you owed me for my child's.

Beside the lifeless form of your daughter, old man, I swore to live a life of revenge.