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"
Be
assured
,
sir
,
"
said
he
,
"
no
pains
or
exertions
on
my
part
shall
be
spared
to
discover
the
villain
.
"
"
I
thank
you
,
"
replied
I
;
"
listen
,
therefore
,
to
the
deposition
that
I
have
to
make
.
It
is
indeed
a
tale
so
strange
that
I
should
fear
you
would
not
credit
it
were
there
not
something
in
truth
which
,
however
wonderful
,
forces
conviction
.
The
story
is
too
connected
to
be
mistaken
for
a
dream
,
and
I
have
no
motive
for
falsehood
.
"
My
manner
as
I
thus
addressed
him
was
impressive
but
calm
;
I
had
formed
in
my
own
heart
a
resolution
to
pursue
my
destroyer
to
death
,
and
this
purpose
quieted
my
agony
and
for
an
interval
reconciled
me
to
life
.
I
now
related
my
history
briefly
but
with
firmness
and
precision
,
marking
the
dates
with
accuracy
and
never
deviating
into
invective
or
exclamation
.
The
magistrate
appeared
at
first
perfectly
incredulous
,
but
as
I
continued
he
became
more
attentive
and
interested
;
I
saw
him
sometimes
shudder
with
horror
;
at
others
a
lively
surprise
,
unmingled
with
disbelief
,
was
painted
on
his
countenance
.
When
I
had
concluded
my
narration
I
said
,
"
This
is
the
being
whom
I
accuse
and
for
whose
seizure
and
punishment
I
call
upon
you
to
exert
your
whole
power
.
It
is
your
duty
as
a
magistrate
,
and
I
believe
and
hope
that
your
feelings
as
a
man
will
not
revolt
from
the
execution
of
those
functions
on
this
occasion
.
"
This
address
caused
a
considerable
change
in
the
physiognomy
of
my
own
auditor
.
He
had
heard
my
story
with
that
half
kind
of
belief
that
is
given
to
a
tale
of
spirits
and
supernatural
events
;
but
when
he
was
called
upon
to
act
officially
in
consequence
,
the
whole
tide
of
his
incredulity
returned
.
He
,
however
,
answered
mildly
,
"
I
would
willingly
afford
you
every
aid
in
your
pursuit
,
but
the
creature
of
whom
you
speak
appears
to
have
powers
which
would
put
all
my
exertions
to
defiance
.
Who
can
follow
an
animal
which
can
traverse
the
sea
of
ice
and
inhabit
caves
and
dens
where
no
man
would
venture
to
intrude
?
Besides
,
some
months
have
elapsed
since
the
commission
of
his
crimes
,
and
no
one
can
conjecture
to
what
place
he
has
wandered
or
what
region
he
may
now
inhabit
.
"
"
I
do
not
doubt
that
he
hovers
near
the
spot
which
I
inhabit
,
and
if
he
has
indeed
taken
refuge
in
the
Alps
,
he
may
be
hunted
like
the
chamois
and
destroyed
as
a
beast
of
prey
.
But
I
perceive
your
thoughts
;
you
do
not
credit
my
narrative
and
do
not
intend
to
pursue
my
enemy
with
the
punishment
which
is
his
desert
.
"
As
I
spoke
,
rage
sparkled
in
my
eyes
;
the
magistrate
was
intimidated
.
"
You
are
mistaken
,
"
said
he
.
"
I
will
exert
myself
,
and
if
it
is
in
my
power
to
seize
the
monster
,
be
assured
that
he
shall
suffer
punishment
proportionate
to
his
crimes
.
But
I
fear
,
from
what
you
have
yourself
described
to
be
his
properties
,
that
this
will
prove
impracticable
;
and
thus
,
while
every
proper
measure
is
pursued
,
you
should
make
up
your
mind
to
disappointment
.
"
"
That
can
not
be
;
but
all
that
I
can
say
will
be
of
little
avail
.
My
revenge
is
of
no
moment
to
you
;
yet
,
while
I
allow
it
to
be
a
vice
,
I
confess
that
it
is
the
devouring
and
only
passion
of
my
soul
.
My
rage
is
unspeakable
when
I
reflect
that
the
murderer
,
whom
I
have
turned
loose
upon
society
,
still
exists
.
You
refuse
my
just
demand
;
I
have
but
one
resource
,
and
I
devote
myself
,
either
in
my
life
or
death
,
to
his
destruction
.
"
I
trembled
with
excess
of
agitation
as
I
said
this
;
there
was
a
frenzy
in
my
manner
,
and
something
,
I
doubt
not
,
of
that
haughty
fierceness
which
the
martyrs
of
old
are
said
to
have
possessed
.
But
to
a
Genevan
magistrate
,
whose
mind
was
occupied
by
far
other
ideas
than
those
of
devotion
and
heroism
,
this
elevation
of
mind
had
much
the
appearance
of
madness
.
He
endeavoured
to
soothe
me
as
a
nurse
does
a
child
and
reverted
to
my
tale
as
the
effects
of
delirium
.
"
Man
,
"
I
cried
,
"
how
ignorant
art
thou
in
thy
pride
of
wisdom
!
Cease
;
you
know
not
what
it
is
you
say
.
"
I
broke
from
the
house
angry
and
disturbed
and
retired
to
meditate
on
some
other
mode
of
action
.
My
present
situation
was
one
in
which
all
voluntary
thought
was
swallowed
up
and
lost
.
I
was
hurried
away
by
fury
;
revenge
alone
endowed
me
with
strength
and
composure
;
it
moulded
my
feelings
and
allowed
me
to
be
calculating
and
calm
at
periods
when
otherwise
delirium
or
death
would
have
been
my
portion
.
