er of the once imperial towns, and
behind it beheld the remains of the castle of the illustrious family of
Schomberg, the ancestors of the old hero of the Boyne. A little farther
on, from the opposite shore, the castle of Gutenfels rose above the busy
town of Kaub.

"Another of those scenes," said Trevylyan, "celebrated equally by love
and glory, for the castle's name is derived from that of the beautiful
ladye of an emperor's passion; and below, upon a ridge in the steep,
the great Gustavus issued forth his command to begin battle with the
Spaniards."

"It looks peaceful enough now," said Vane, pointing to the craft that
lay along the stream, and the green trees drooping over a curve in the
bank. Beyond, in the middle of the stream itself, stands the lonely
castle of Pfalzgrafenstein, sadly memorable as a prison to the more
distinguished of criminals. How many pining eyes may have turned from
those casements to the vine-clad hills of the free shore! how many
indignant hearts have nursed the deep curses of hate in the dungeons
below, and longed for the wave that dashed against the gray walls to
force its way within and set them free!

Here the Rhine seems utterly bounded, shrunk into one of those delusive
lakes into which it so frequently seems to change its course; and as you
proceed, it is as if the waters were silently overflowing their channel
and forcing their way into the clefts of the mountain shore. Passing the
Werth Island on one side and the castle of Stahleck on the other,
our voyagers arrived at Bacharach, which, associating the feudal
recollections with the classic, takes its name from the god of the vine;
and as Du-----e declared with peculiar emphasis, quaffing a large goblet
of the peculiar liquor, "richly deserves the honour!"

CHAPTER XXVIII. THE VOYAGE TO BINGEN.--THE SIMPLE INCIDENTS IN THIS TALE
EXCUSED.--THE SITUATION AND CHARACTER OF GERTRUDE.--THE CONVERSATION OF
THE LOVERS IN THE TEMPEST.--A FACT CONTRADICTED.--THOUGHTS OCCASIONED BY
A MADHOUSE AMONGST THE MOST BEAUTIFUL LANDSCAPES OF THE RHINE.

THE next day they again resumed their voyage, and Gertrude's spirits
were more cheerful than usual. The air seemed to her lighter, and she
breathed with a less painful effort; once more hope entered the breast
of Trevylyan; and, as the vessel bounded on, their conversation was
steeped in no sombre hues. When Gertrude's health permitted, no temper
was so gay, yet so gently gay, as hers; and now