Insatiable he seethes--there is nothing material in which to express his ideal.

He can verify that axiom of demonographers, that the Evil One dupes all persons who give themselves, or are willing to give themselves, to him.
"As he can descend no further, he tries returning on the way by which he has come, but now remorse overtakes him, overwhelms him, and wrenches him without respite.

His nights are nights of expiation.

Besieged by phantoms, he howls like a wounded beast.

He is found rushing along the solitary corridors of the chateau.