My next step was to look for the beast which had been the cause of so much wretchedness；for I had, at length, frmly resolved to put it to death. Had I been able to meet with it, at the moment, there could have been no doubt of its fate；but it appeared that the crafty animal had been alarmed at the violence of my previous anger, and forebode to present itself in my present mood. It is impossible to describe, or to imagine, the deep, the blissful sense of relief which the absence of the detested creature occasioned in my bosom. It did not make its appearance during the night-and thus for one night at least, since its introduction into the house, I soundly and tranquilly slept；slept even with the burden of murder upon my soul！