He withdrew. The friends had a thousand things to say—a thousand questions to ask. It appeared, that after they had been separated, the Count was carefully guarded. He met with no ill treatment, but he obtained no companion like Heli. His days past heavily, without any employment, and his mind oppressed with sorrow and despair; a situation, he observed, which must very shortly have overpowered his constitution.
The preceding day, Heli accompanied his guard into his miserable apartment. He made him a sign to follow Heli; he knew resistance would be in vain, and was indifferent as to consequences. He was placed in a covered carriage; they travelled all night, and for some hours on this morning.———"When we arrived at this Castle," proceeded the Count, "I supposed I had only changed one prison for another still more dreadful; and when, by signs, I was ordered to accompany Heli to the door of this apartment, I prepared to enter it as the grave of
