Chapter XI

_Note 1. Author’s note_.--“Compare it with Spenser’s Cave of Despair. Put instruments of suicide there.”

_Note 2. Author’s note_.--“Once, in looking at the mansion, Redclyffe is struck by the appearance of a marble inserted into the wall, and kept clear of lichens.”

_Note 3. Author’s note_.--“Describe, in rich poetry, all shapes of deadly things.”