travelling in Russia last winter, and one bitterly cold day it froze
so intensely, that his shadow remained so fixed to the ground, that
it was found impossible to remove it."

"The false shadow that I might paint," said the artist, "would be
liable to be lost on the slightest movement, particularly in a
person who, from your account, cares so little about his shadow. A
person without a shadow should keep out of the sun, that is the only
safe and rational plan."

He rose and took his leave, casting so penetrating a look at me that
I shrunk from it. I sank back in my chair, and hid my face in my
hands.

In this attitude Bendel found me, and was about to withdraw silently
and respectfully on seeing me in such a state of grief: looking up,
overwhelmed with my sorrows, I felt that I must communicate them to
him. "Bendel," I exclaimed, "Bendel, thou the only being who seest
and respectest my grief too much to inquire into its cause--thou who
seemest silently and sincerely to sympathise with me--come and share
my confidence. The extent of my wealth I have not withheld from
thee, neither will I conceal from thee the extent of my grief.
Bendel! forsake me not. Bendel, you see me rich, free, beneficent;
you fancy all the world in my power; yet you must have observed that
I shun it, and avoid all human intercourse. You think, Bendel, that
the world and I are at variance; and you yourself, perhaps, will
abandon me, when I acquaint you with this fearful secret. Bendel, I
am rich, free, generous; but, O God, I have NO SHADOW!"

"No shadow!" exclaimed the faithful young man, tears starting from