I assure myself that nothing will surpass thy fortitude.
"Thou art anxious to know the destroyer of thy family, his actions, and his motives.

Shall I call him to thy presence, and permit him to confess before thee?
Shall I make him the narrator of his own tale ?" I started on my feet, and looked round me with fearful glances, as if the murderer was close at hand.

"What do you mean ?" said I; "put an end, I beseech you, to this suspence." "Be not alarmed; you will never more behold the face of this criminal, unless he be gifted with supernatural strength, and sever like threads the constraint of links and bolts.

I have said that the assassin was arraigned at the bar, and that the trial ended with a summons from the judge to confess or to vindicate his actions.

A reply was immediately made with significance of gesture, and a tranquil majesty, which denoted less of humanity than godhead.