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He
had
directed
,
in
great
part
,
the
moveable
embellishments
of
the
seven
chambers
,
upon
occasion
of
this
great
fete
;
and
it
was
his
own
guiding
taste
which
had
given
character
to
the
masqueraders
.
Be
sure
they
were
grotesque
.
There
were
much
glare
and
glitter
and
piquancy
and
phantasm
--
much
of
what
has
been
since
seen
in
"
Hernani
.
"
There
were
arabesque
figures
with
unsuited
limbs
and
appointments
.
There
were
delirious
fancies
such
as
the
madman
fashions
.
There
was
much
of
the
beautiful
,
much
of
the
wanton
,
much
of
the
bizarre
,
something
of
the
terrible
,
and
not
a
little
of
that
which
might
have
excited
disgust
.
To
and
fro
in
the
seven
chambers
there
stalked
,
in
fact
,
a
multitude
of
dreams
.
And
these
--
the
dreams
--
writhed
in
and
about
,
taking
hue
from
the
rooms
,
and
causing
the
wild
music
of
the
orchestra
to
seem
as
the
echo
of
their
steps
.
And
,
anon
,
there
strikes
the
ebony
clock
which
stands
in
the
hall
of
the
velvet
.
And
then
,
for
a
moment
,
all
is
still
,
and
all
is
silent
save
the
voice
of
the
clock
.
The
dreams
are
stiff-frozen
as
they
stand
.
But
the
echoes
of
the
chime
die
away
--
they
have
endured
but
an
instant
--
and
a
light
,
half-subdued
laughter
floats
after
them
as
they
depart
.
And
now
again
the
music
swells
,
and
the
dreams
live
,
and
writhe
to
and
fro
more
merrily
than
ever
,
taking
hue
from
the
many-tinted
windows
through
which
stream
the
rays
from
the
tripods
.
But
to
the
chamber
which
lies
most
westwardly
of
the
seven
,
there
are
now
none
of
the
maskers
who
venture
;
for
the
night
is
waning
away
;
and
there
flows
a
ruddier
light
through
the
blood-colored
panes
;
and
the
blackness
of
the
sable
drapery
appals
;
and
to
him
whose
foot
falls
upon
the
sable
carpet
,
there
comes
from
the
near
clock
of
ebony
a
muffled
peal
more
solemnly
emphatic
than
any
which
reaches
their
ears
who
indulge
in
the
more
remote
gaieties
of
the
other
apartments
.
But
these
other
apartments
were
densely
crowded
,
and
in
them
beat
feverishly
the
heart
of
life
.
And
the
revel
went
whirlingly
on
,
until
at
length
there
commenced
the
sounding
of
midnight
upon
the
clock
.
And
then
the
music
ceased
,
as
I
have
told
;
and
the
evolutions
of
the
waltzers
were
quieted
;
and
there
was
an
uneasy
cessation
of
all
things
as
before
.
But
now
there
were
twelve
strokes
to
be
sounded
by
the
bell
of
the
clock
;
and
thus
it
happened
,
perhaps
,
that
more
of
thought
crept
,
with
more
of
time
,
into
the
meditations
of
the
thoughtful
among
those
who
revelled
.
And
thus
,
too
,
it
happened
,
perhaps
,
that
before
the
last
echoes
of
the
last
chime
had
utterly
sunk
into
silence
,
there
were
many
individuals
in
the
crowd
who
had
found
leisure
to
become
aware
of
the
presence
of
a
masked
figure
which
had
arrested
the
attention
of
no
single
individual
before
.
And
the
rumor
of
this
new
presence
having
spread
itself
whisperingly
around
,
there
arose
at
length
from
the
whole
company
a
buzz
,
or
murmur
,
expressive
of
disapprobation
and
surprise
--
then
,
finally
,
of
terror
,
of
horror
,
and
of
disgust
.
In
an
assembly
of
phantasms
such
as
I
have
painted
,
it
may
well
be
supposed
that
no
ordinary
appearance
could
have
excited
such
sensation
.
In
truth
the
masquerade
license
of
the
night
was
nearly
unlimited
;
but
the
figure
in
question
had
out-Heroded
Herod
,
and
gone
beyond
the
bounds
of
even
the
prince
's
indefinite
decorum
.
There
are
chords
in
the
hearts
of
the
most
reckless
which
can
not
be
touched
without
emotion
.
Even
with
the
utterly
lost
,
to
whom
life
and
death
are
equally
jests
,
there
are
matters
of
which
no
jest
can
be
made
.
The
whole
company
,
indeed
,
seemed
now
deeply
to
feel
that
in
the
costume
and
bearing
of
the
stranger
neither
wit
nor
propriety
existed
.
The
figure
was
tall
and
gaunt
,
and
shrouded
from
head
to
foot
in
the
habiliments
of
the
grave
.
The
mask
which
concealed
the
visage
was
made
so
nearly
to
resemble
the
countenance
of
a
stiffened
corpse
that
the
closest
scrutiny
must
have
had
difficulty
in
detecting
the
cheat
.
And
yet
all
this
might
have
been
endured
,
if
not
approved
,
by
the
mad
revellers
around
.
But
the
mummer
had
gone
so
far
as
to
assume
the
type
of
the
Red
Death
.
His
vesture
was
dabbled
in
blood
--
and
his
broad
brow
,
with
all
the
features
of
the
face
,
was
besprinkled
with
the
scarlet
horror
.
When
the
eyes
of
Prince
Prospero
fell
upon
this
spectral
image
(
which
with
a
slow
and
solemn
movement
,
as
if
more
fully
to
sustain
its
role
,
stalked
to
and
fro
among
the
waltzers
)
he
was
seen
to
be
convulsed
,
in
the
first
moment
with
a
strong
shudder
either
of
terror
or
distaste
;
but
,
in
the
next
,
his
brow
reddened
with
rage
.
"
Who
dares
?
"
he
demanded
hoarsely
of
the
courtiers
who
stood
near
him
--
"
who
dares
insult
us
with
this
blasphemous
mockery
?
Seize
him
and
unmask
him
--
that
we
may
know
whom
we
have
to
hang
at
sunrise
,
from
the
battlements
!
"
It
was
in
the
eastern
or
blue
chamber
in
which
stood
the
Prince
Prospero
as
he
uttered
these
words
.
They
rang
throughout
the
seven
rooms
loudly
and
clearly
--
for
the
prince
was
a
bold
and
robust
man
,
and
the
music
had
become
hushed
at
the
waving
of
his
hand
.
It
was
in
the
blue
room
where
stood
the
prince
,
with
a
group
of
pale
courtiers
by
his
side
.
At
first
,
as
he
spoke
,
there
was
a
slight
rushing
movement
of
this
group
in
the
direction
of
the
intruder
,
who
at
the
moment
was
also
near
at
hand
,
and
now
,
with
deliberate
and
stately
step
,
made
closer
approach
to
the
speaker
.
But
from
a
certain
nameless
awe
with
which
the
mad
assumptions
of
the
mummer
had
inspired
the
whole
party
,
there
were
found
none
who
put
forth
hand
to
seize
him
;
so
that
,
unimpeded
,
he
passed
within
a
yard
of
the
prince
's
person
;
and
,
while
the
vast
assembly
,
as
if
with
one
impulse
,
shrank
from
the
centres
of
the
rooms
to
the
walls
,
he
made
his
way
uninterruptedly
,
but
with
the
same
solemn
and
measured
step
which
had
distinguished
him
from
the
first
,
through
the
blue
chamber
to
the
purple
--
through
the
purple
to
the
green
--
through
the
green
to
the
orange
--
through
this
again
to
the
white
--
and
even
thence
to
the
violet
,
ere
a
decided
movement
had
been
made
to
arrest
him
.
It
was
then
,
however
,
that
the
Prince
Prospero
,
maddening
with
rage
and
the
shame
of
his
own
momentary
cowardice
,
rushed
hurriedly
through
the
six
chambers
,
while
none
followed
him
on
account
of
a
deadly
terror
that
had
seized
upon
all
.
He
bore
aloft
a
drawn
dagger
,
and
had
approached
,
in
rapid
impetuosity
,
to
within
three
or
four
feet
of
the
retreating
figure
,
when
the
latter
,
having
attained
the
extremity
of
the
velvet
apartment
,
turned
suddenly
and
confronted
his
pursuer
.
There
was
a
sharp
cry
--
and
the
dagger
dropped
gleaming
upon
the
sable
carpet
,
upon
which
,
instantly
afterwards
,
fell
prostrate
in
death
the
Prince
Prospero
.
