It was indeed Fanny's voice, in its most insinuating and deceitful tones.
A short time afterwards she got up and closed her window, and withdrawing into the farthest corner of the room, she hastily undressed and crept into bed.

Her tears flowed the whole time, but she was utterly crushed, and soon fell into a heavy slumber.
A good hour after Madeleine had gone to sleep, her door opened noiselessly, and a tall shadowy form glided into the chamber.

The form placed a water-bottle upon the table.

The moon had reached the point at which it shone obliquely into the window, and down upon the bed where Madeleine was sleeping.

The apparition drew the curtains more closely, and the while a beam of moonlight passed over its features.