CHAPTER IX.

----"He, like the tenant Of some night-haunted ruin, bore an aspect Of horror, worn to habitude." MYSTERIOUS MOTHER. The adventurous Vivaldi, and his servant Paulo, after passing the night of Ellena's departure from villa Altieri in one of the subterraneous chambers of the fort of Paluzzi, and yielding, at length, to exhausted nature, awoke in terror and utter darkness, for the flambeau had expired. When a recollection of the occurrences of the preceding evening returned, they renewed their efforts for libert…