"And when at length the mind shall be all free,
From what it hates in this degraded form,
Reft of its carnal life, save what shall be
Existent happier in the fly or worm;
When elements to elements conform,
And dust is as it should be."
The last grey tinge1 of twilight2, was fast giving place to the sombre hues3 of night, as a figure, enveloped5 in a military cloak, issued from the barrack at Floriana.
Henry at once recognised George; and only delaying till a short distance had intervened between his brother and himself, Delme and Thompson followed his footsteps.
George Delme walked swiftly, as if intent on some deep design. The long shadow thrown out by his figure, enabled his pursuers to distinguish him very clearly. He did not turn his head, but, with hurried step, strode the species of common which divides Floriana from La Valette. Crossing the drawbridge, and passing through the porch which guards the entrance to the town, he turned down an obscure street, and, folding his cloak closer around him, rapidly--yet with an appearance of caution--continued his route, diving from one street to another, till he entered a small court-yard, in which stood an isolated6 gloomy-looking house. No light appeared in the windows, and its exterior7 bespoke8 it uninhabited. Henry and the domestic paused, expecting George either to knock or return to the street. He walked on, however, and, turning to one side of the porch, descended9 a flight of stone steps, and entered the lower part of the house.
"Perhaps we had better not both follow him," said the servant.
"No, Thompson! do you remain here, only taking care that your master does not pass you: and I think you may as well go round the house, and see if there is any other way of leaving it."
Sir Henry descended the steps in silence. Arrived at the foot of the descent, a narrow passage, diverging10 to the left, presented itself. Beyond appeared a distant glimmering11 of light. Delme groped along the passage, using the precaution to crouch12 as low as possible, until he came before a large comfortless room in the centre of which, was placed a brass13 lamp, whose light was what he had discerned at the extremity14 of the passage. He could distinctly observe the furniture and inmates15 of the room. Of the former, the only articles were a table--on which were placed the remains16 of a homely17 meal--an iron bedstead, and a barrel, turned upside down, which served as a substitute for a chair. The bedstead had no curtains, but in lieu of them, there were hangings around it, which struck Delme as resembling mourning habiliments. Whilst the light operated thus favourably18, in enabling Sir Henry to note the interior of the apartment, it was hardly possible, from its situation, that he himself could be observed. Its rays did not reach the passage; and he was also shrouded19 in some degree by a door, which was off its hinges, and which was placed against the wall. Fastened to the side of the room were two deep shelves--the lower one containing some bottles and plates; the upper, a number of human sculls. In a corner were some more of these, intermingled in a careless heap, with a few bleached20 bones.
George Delme was standing21 opposite the door, conversing22 earnestly with a Maltese, evidently of the lowest caste. The latter was seated on the barrel we have mentioned, and was listening with apparently23 a mixture of surprise and exultation24 to what George was saying. George's voice sunk to an inaudible whisper, as the conversation continued, and he was evidently trying to remove some scruples25, which this man either affected26 to feel, or really felt. The man's answers were given in a gruff and loud tone of voice, but from the Maltese dialect of his Italian, Sir Henry could not understand what was said. His countenance27 was very peculiar28. It was of that derisive29 character rarely met with in one of his class of life, except when called forth30 by peculiar habits, or extraordinary circumstances. His eyes were very small, but bright and deeply set. His lips wore a constant sarcastic31 smile, which gave him the air of a bold but cunning man. His throat and bosom32 were bare, and of a deep copper33 colour; and his muscular chest was covered with short curly hair. The conversation on George's part became more animated34, and he at length made use of what seemed an unanswerable argument. Taking out a beaded purse, which Sir Henry knew well--it had been Emily's last present to George--he emptied the contents into the bronzed hand of his companion, who grasped the money with avidity. The Maltese now appeared to acquiesce35 in all George's wishes; and rising, went towards the bed, and selected some of the articles of wearing apparel Delme had already noticed. He addressed some words to George, who sat on the bedside quiescently36, while the man went to the table, and took up a knife that was upon it. For a moment, Delme felt alarm lest his design might be a murderous one; but it was not so. He laughed savagely37, as he made use of the knife, to cut off the luxuriant chestnut39 ringlets, which shaded George's eyes and forehead. He then applied40 to the face some darkening liquid, and commenced choosing a sable41 dress. George threw off his cloak, and was attired42 by the Maltese, in a long black cotton robe of the coarsest material, which, descending43 to the feet, came in a hood44 over his face, which it almost entirely45 concealed46. During the whole of this scene, George Delme's features wore an air of dogged apathy47, which alarmed his brother, even more than his agitation48 in the earlier part of the day. After his being metamorphosed in the way we have described, it would have been next to an impossibility to have recognised him. His companion put on a dress of the same nature, and Sir Henry was preparing to make his retreat, presuming that they would now leave the building, when he was induced to stay for the purpose of remarking the conduct of the Maltese. He took up a scull, and placing his finger through an eyeless hole, whence once love beamed or hate flashed, he made some savage38 comment, which he accompanied by a long and malignant49 laugh. This would at another time have shocked Sir Henry, but there was another laugh, wilder and more discordant50, that curdled51 the blood in Delme's veins52. It proceeded from his brother, the gay--the happy George Delme; and as it re-echoed through the gloomy passage, it seemed that of a remorseless demon53, gloating on the misfortunes of the human race. Delme turned away in agony, and, unperceived, regained54 the anxious domestic. Screened by an angle of the building, they saw George and his companion ascend55 the stone steps, cross the yard, and turn into the street. They followed him cautiously--Delme's ears ringing with that fiendish laugh. George's companion stopped for a moment, at a house in the street, where they were joined by a sallow-looking priest, apparently one of the most disgusting of his tribe. He was accompanied by a boy, also drest in sacerdotal robes, in one hand bearing a silver-ornamented staff, of the kind frequently used in processions, and in other observances of the Catholic religion; and in the other, a rude lanthorn, whose light enabled Delme to note these particulars. As the four figures swept through the streets, the lower orders prostrated56 themselves, before the figure of the crucified and dying Saviour57 which surmounted58 the staff. They again stopped, and the priest entered a house alone. On coming back, he was followed by a coffin60, borne on the shoulders of four of the lower order of Maltese. At the moment these were leaving the house, Henry heard a solitary61 scream, apparently of a woman. It was wild and thrilling; such an one as we hear from the hovering62 sea bird, as the tempest gathers to a head. To Delme, coming as it did at that lone59 hour from one he saw not, it seemed superhuman. In the front of the house stood two caleches, the last of which, Sir Henry observed was without doors. At a sign from the Maltese, George and his strange companion entered it. They were followed by the coffin, which was placed lengthways, with the two ends projecting into the street. In the leading caleche were the priest and boy, the latter of whom thrust the figure of the bleeding Jesus out at the window, whilst with the other hand he held up the lanthorn. Twice more did the caleche stop--twice receive corpses63. Another light was produced, and placed in the last conveyance65, and Delme took the opportunity of their arranging this, to pass by the caleche. The light that had been placed in it shone full on George. The coffins66 were on a level with the lower part of his face. Nothing of his body, which was jammed in between the seat and the coffins, could be seen. But the features, which glared over the pall67, were indeed terrific; apathy no longer marked them. George seemed wound up to an extraordinary state of excitement. Gone was the glazed68 expression of his eye, which now gleamed like that of a famished69 eagle. The Maltese leant back in the carriage, with a sardonic70 smile, his dark face affording a strange contrast to the stained, but yet ghastly hue4 of George Delme's.
"They intend to take them to the vault71 at Floriana, your honor," said the servant, "shall I call a caleche, and we can follow them?"
Without waiting a reply, for the man saw that Sir Henry's faculties72, were totally absorbed in the strange scene he had witnessed; Thompson called a carriage, which passed the other two--now commencing at a funeral pace to proceed to the vault--and, taking the same direction which they had done on entering the town, a short time sufficed to put them down immediately opposite the church. They had time allowed them to dismiss their carriage, and screen themselves from observation, before the funeral procession arrived.
This stopped in front of the vault, and Delme anxiously scrutinised the proceedings73. Another man--probably the one whose place George had supplied--had joined them outside the town, and now walked by the side of the caleche. He assisted George's companion in bearing out the coffins. The huge door grated on its hinges, as they opened it. The coffins were borne in, and the whole party entered; the priest mumbling74 a short Latin prayer. In a short time, the priest alone returned; and looking cautiously around, and seeing no one, struck a light from a tinder box, and lighted his cigar. The other two men brought back the coffins, evidently relieved of their weight; and the priest--the boy--with the man who had last joined them, and who had also lit his cigar--entered the first caleche, after exchanging some jokes with George's companion, and returned at a rapid pace towards the town. During this time, George Delme had been left alone in the vault. His companion returned to him, after taking the precaution to fasten its doors inside.
Sir Henry was now at a loss what plan to adopt; but Thompson, after a moment's hesitation75, suggested one.
"There is an iron grating, Sir, over part of the vault, through which, when a bar was loose, I know one of our soldiers went down. Shall I get a cord?"
The man ran towards his barrack, and returned with it. To wrench76 by their united efforts, one bar from its place, and to fasten the rope to another, was the work of an instant. Space was just left them to creep through the aperture77. Sir Henry was the first to breathe the confined air of the sepulchre. A voice warned him in what direction to proceed; and not waiting for the domestic, he groped his way forward through a narrow passage. At first, Delme thought there was a wall on either side him; but as he made a false step, and the bones crumbled78 beneath, he knew that it was a wall, formed of the bleached remains of the bygone dead. As he drew nearer the voice, he was guided by the lanthorn brought by George's companion; and towards this he proceeded, almost overpowered by the horrible stench of the charnel house, As he drew near enough to distinguish objects, what a scene presented itself! In one corner of the vault, lay a quantity of lime used to consume the bodies, whilst nearer the light, lay corpses in every stage of putrefaction79. In some, the lime had but half accomplished80 its purpose; and while in parts of the body, the bones lay bare and exposed; in others, corruption81 in its most loathsome82 form prevailed. Here the meaner reptiles--active and prolific--might be seen busily at work, battening on human decay. Sir Henry stepped over a dead body, and started, as a rat, scared from its prey83, rustled84 through a wreath of withered85 flowers, and hid itself amid a mouldering86 heap of bones. But there were some forms lovely still! In them the pulse of life had that day ceased to beat. The rigidity87 of Death--his impressive stillness was there--but he had not yet "swept the lines where beauty lingers."
The Maltese stood with folded arms, closely regarding George Delme.
George leant against a pillar, with one knee bent88. Over it was stretched the corpse64 of a girl, with the face horribly decomposed89. The dull and flagging winds of the vault moved her dank and matted hair.
"Acme," said he, as he parted the dry hair from the blackened brow, "do but speak to your own George! Be not angry with me, dearest!" He held the disgusting object to his lips, and lavished90 endearments91 on the putrid92 corpse.
Delme staggered--and Thompson supported him--as he gasped93 for breath in the extremity of his agony. At this moment his eye caught the face of the Maltese. He had advanced towards George--his arms were still folded--his eyes were sparkling with joy--and his features wore the malignant expression of gratified revenge. Sir Henry sprang to his feet and rushed forward.
"George! my brother! my brother!"
The maniac94 raised his pallid95 brow--his eye flashed consciousness--the blue veins in his forehead swelled96 almost to bursting--he tossed his arms wildly--and sunk powerless on the corpses around--his convulsive shrieks97 re-echoing in that lonely vault. Thompson seized the Maltese, and making him unlock the door, bore the brothers into the open air; for Henry, at the time, was as much overpowered as George himself.
A clear solution to that curious scene was never given, for George could not give the clue to his train of mental aberration98.
With regard to his companion's share in the transaction, the man was closely questioned, and other means of information resorted to, but the only facts elicited99 were these:
His son had been executed some years before for a desperate attempt to assassinate100 a British soldier, with whom he had had an altercation101 during the carnival102.
The man himself said, that he had no recollection of ever having seen George before, but that he certainly did remember some officers questioning him on two occasions somewhat minutely as to his mode of life.
This part of his story was confirmed by another officer of the regiment103, who remembered George and Delancey being with him on one occasion, when the latter had taken much interest in the questioning of this man. The Maltese declared, that on the night in question he was taken entirely by surprise--that George entered the room abruptly--offered him money to be allowed to accompany him to the vault--and told him that he had just placed a young lady there whom he wished to see.
Colonel Vavasour, who took some trouble in arriving at the truth, was satisfied that the man was well aware of George's insanity104, but that he felt too happy in being able to wreak105 an ignoble106 revenge on a British officer.
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diverging
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brass
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