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'The fatal night arrived The Baron slept in the arms of his perfidious Mistress, when the Castle-Bell struck 'One' Ier froed it in her Pararoan, and expired The Murderess quitted her bed hastily, took a Laer, and bent her course towards the cavern The Porter dared not to refuse opening the Gates to one more dreaded in the Castle than its Master Beatrice reached Lindenberg Hole unopposed, where according to pro for her He received and listened to her narrative with transport: But ere She had time to ask why He came unaccompanied, He convinced her that He wished for no witnesses to their interview Anxious to conceal his share in the murder, and to free himself from a Woman, whose violent and atrocious character made him tremble with reason for his own safety, He had resolved on the destruction of his wretched Agent Rushing upon her suddenly, He wrested the dagger fro with his Brother's blood in her bosom, and put an end to her existence by repeated blows

'Otto now succeeded to the Barony of Lindenberg The itive Nun, and no one suspected hih his crime was unpunished by Man, God's justice permitted him not to enjoy in peace his blood-stained honours Her bones lying still unburied in the Cave, the restless soul of Beatrice continued to inhabit the Castle Drest in her religious habit in er which had drank the blood of her Para steps, every night did She stand before the Bed of Otto The h the Castle; The vaulted charoans; And the Spectre, as She ranged along the antique Galleries, uttered an incoherent mixture of prayers and blasphemies Otto was unable to withstand the shock which He felt at this fearful Vision: Its horror increased with every succeeding appearance: His alarth beca He was found in his bed totally deprived of warmth and animation His death did not put an end to the nocturnal riots The bones of Beatrice continued to lie unburied, and her Ghost continued to haunt the Castle

'The do now fell to a distant Relation But terrified by the accounts given hi Nun (So was the Spectre called by the multitude), the new Baron called to his assistance a celebrated Exorciser This holy Man succeeded in obliging her to teh She discovered to him her history, He was not permitted to reveal it to others, or cause her skeleton to be reround That Office was reserved for you, and till your co, her Ghost was doomed to wander about the Castle and lament the cried her to silence during his lifeti as He existed, the haunted chamber was shut up, and the Spectre was invisible At his death which happened in five years after, She again appeared, but only once on every fifth year, on the saed her Knife in the heart of her sleeping Lover: She then visited the Cavern which held herskeleton, returned to the Castle as soon as the Clock struck 'Two,' and was seen no more till the next five years had elapsed