LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.["And the Count was standing upright on the window-sill"]["Pointing to a dark object crouching in the snow"][In the portrait gallery]["'Stay!' he howled, 'I have not cursed you yet'"]["'Yonder you see the peak of the Altenberg'"]["Then he would resume his frightful cries"]["I raised myself on my elbow and stared fearfully in the direction"]["I stepped forward, and found myself in the presence of Odile"]["Odile dropped her eyes"]["I fell upon my knee before the brute"]CHAPTER I.