CONTENTS.I.[The summons to the Castle]II.[I meet the countess]III.[My first night in Hugh's Tower]IV.[Knapwurst acquaints me with the genealogy of the Nidecks]V.[I breakfast with Odile]VI.[The Count unsheathes his claws]VII.[Marie Lagoutte relates her experience]VIII.[Sebalt tracks the Plague]IX.[The Plague in my chamber.—The midnight scene on the Altenberg]X.[I lose my way and pass the night in the dwarf's lodge]XI.[I am summoned to the Countess's chamber, and make a confession]XII.[We chase the Plague.—Her death]XIII.[The Baron's story.—He disappears]XIV.[The boar hunt]XV.[The banquet.—The dwarf explains the mystery of the Nideck house]