As soon as it was light, however, I visited the house again; but found it empty.

I suppose they must have died, and been removed in the night." Though anxious to ascertain the destiny of Wallace, I was unwilling to put direct questions.

I shuddered, while I longed to know the truth.
"Why," said I, falteringly, "did he not seasonably withdraw from the city?
Surely he had the means of purchasing an asylum in the country." "I can scarcely tell you," he answered.

"Some infatuation appeared to have seized him.

No one was more timorous; but he seemed to think himself safe as long as he avoided contact with infected persons.