e full upon his form. Tall, erect, still,
the gloomy and ruined walls gave his colourless countenance and haughty
stature in bold and distinct relief; all trace of the past passion had
vanished: perfectly calm and set, his features borrowed even dignity
from their marble paleness, and the marks of suffering which the last
few months had writ in legible characters on the cheek and brow. Seeking
out, with an eye to which the intolerable lightnings seemed to have lent
something of their fire, the cowering and bended form of his companion,
he said,--

"Go home, miserable derider of the virtue you cannot understand; go to
your luxurious and costly home; go and repine that human nature is not
measured by your mangled and crippled laws: amidst men, yet more fallen
than I am, hope to select your victim; amidst prisons, and hovels, and
roofless sheds; amidst rags and destitution, and wretches made mad by
hunger, hope that you may find a villain. I leave you to that hope,
and--to remembrance!"

As Glendower moved away, Crauford recovered himself. Rendered desperate
by the vital necessity of procuring some speedy aid in his designs, and
not yet perfectly persuaded of the fallacy of his former judgment, he
was resolved not to suffer Glendower thus easily to depart. Smothering
his feelings by an effort violent even to his habitual hypocrisy, he
sprang forward, and laid his hand upon Glendower's shoulder.

"Stay, stay," said he, in a soothing and soft voice; "you have wronged
me greatly. I pardon your warmth,--nay, I honour it; but hereafter you
will repent your judgment of me. At least, do justice to my intentions.
Was I an actor in the scheme proposed to you? what was it to me? Was
I in the smallest degree to be benefited by it? Could I have any other
motive than affection for you? If I erred, it was from a different view
of the question; but is it not the duty of a friend to find expedients
for distress, and to leave to the distressed person the right of
accepting or rejecting them? But let this drop forever: partake of my
fortune; be my adopted brother. Here, I have hundreds about me at this
moment; take them all, and own at least that I meant you well."

Feeling that Glendower, who at first had vainly endeavoured to shake off
his hand, now turned towards him, though at the moment it was too dark
to see his countenance, the wily speaker continued, "Yes, Glendower, if
by that name I must alone address you, take all I have: ther