All that he wanted was an opportunity of breaking the fatal glass; and to obtain this he must bide his time.

He revolved many plans in his mind, but without being able to fix upon any.
At length, one evening, as he was passing the house of Von Steinwald, he saw the windows more than usually brilliant.

He watched for a while, and seeing that company began to arrive, hastened home, and dressed as richly as he could, in the hope of mingling with the guests unquestioned: in effecting which, there could be no difficulty for a man of his carriage.
***** In a lofty, silent chamber, in another part of the city, lay a form more like marble than a living woman.

The loveliness of death seemed frozen upon her face, for her lips were rigid, and her eyelids closed.

Her long white hands were crossed over her breast, and no breathing disturbed their repose.