The Child of Malediction; A Mad Musician; The King's Friend; Venetian Nights

The room was one of those which, even in our own day, are pointed out by certain octogenarian care-takers to tour ists Visiting old castles, with the words: This is the cham ber in which Louis XIII. Slept. Fine tapestries, generally dark in hue, hung on a background of walnut, the delicate carving of which had been blackened by time. The ceiling was decorated in the style of the preceding century, and still preserved its original walnut color. These decorations, of a rather severe cast, reflected the light so little that it was difficult to discern their design, even when the sun shone full into the room, which was lofty and large. Thus the silver lamp, placed on the mantel of a vast fireplace, did such poor service that its flickering light might have been compared to those nebulous stars, which, for moments only.

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