CHAPTER XXII.
CONCLUSION.
Reader, we will ask you to follow us as we pass over a period of two years--two long years.

The task imposed is an arduous one, yet, we shrink not.

All former friends must be searched out, and once more introduced.

Be not impatient if we do not succeed in the direct order of your wishes.

In the uncertain distance faint echoes are already heard between intervals of solemn thoughts, while the name of Rosamond strikes upon our ear and vibrates within us as though the influence of myriads of spirits had woven around a deep subtle spell from which we cannot force ourselves.