"You were right to kill that ruffian! to cane him to death--like the Russian grand-dukes, he was not born to die by the sword.

To abduct one woman while paying court to another, the traitor! But, never heed that! He is punished, and you must be saved.

Here is an outlet: pursue the passage to the end and leave the town!" "But I--" "How can you repay me?
Bah! repay me in the other world--below, with a drop of cold water when I parch!" And with a dulcet yet demoniacal laugh, the singular creature pushed him into a lightless lobby, slammed a door and seemed to run away, singing the refrain of the waltz which was to haunt him forever-more..