h he possessed. By his superhuman aid wast thou
transported from clime to clime--as rapidly as thought is transfused by
the interchange of lovers' glances; and in that varied, bustling, busied
life wast thou supremely happy. The people of Europe spoke of that
western world, the discovery of which recently rewarded the daring
venture of great navigators; and you were desirous to behold that new
continent. Your master repeated the wish; and by my invisible agency, ye
stood in a few moments in the presence of the red men of North America.
Again--you accompanied your master to the eternal ice of the northern
pole, and from the doorway of the Esquimaux hut he beheld the wondrous
play of the boreal lights. On a third occasion, and in obedience to your
wish, you stood with your master in the Island of Ceylon, where the
first scene that presented itself to your view was an occurrence which,
though terrible, is not uncommon in that reptile-infested clime.
Afterward, my power--although its active agency was but partially known
to you--transported you and the count your master--_now my victim_--to
the fantastic and interesting scenes of China--then to the court of the
wife-slaying tyrant of England, and subsequently to the most sacred
privacy of the imperial palace at Constantinople. How varied have been
thy travels!--how rapid thy movements. And that the scenes which thine
eyes did thus contemplate made a profound impression upon thy mind is
proved by the pictures now hanging to the walls of thy late dwelling."

"But wherefore this recapitulation of everything I know so well
already?" asked Wagner.

"To remind thee of the advantages of that power which Faust, thy master,
possessed, and which ceased to be available to thee when the term of his
compact with myself arrived. Yes," continued the demon emphatically,
"the powers which he possessed may be possessed by thee--and thou
may'st, with a single word, at once and forever shake off the trammels
of thy present doom--the doom of a Wehr-Wolf!"

"Oh! to shake off those trammels, were indeed a boon to be desired!"
exclaimed Wagner.

"And to possess the power to gratify thy slightest whim," resumed the
demon, "to possess the power to transport thyself at will to any clime,
however distant--to be able to defy the machinations of men and the
combination of adverse circumstances, such as have plunged thee into
this dungeon--to be able, likewise, to say to thy beloved Nisida,
'Receive