So,  also,  some  affirm,  fell  the  great  Gustavus
Adolphus,  even  in  the  arms  of  victory —
"  Moriens  triumphavit.''  So  says  that  great
man's  tomb  ;  great,  because  he  could  resist
himself  as  well  as  vanquish  others.
We  had  gone  to  the  church  of  Riddar-
holmen,  or  the  Isle  of  Knights,  and,  standing
by  the  tomb  of  Gustavus  Adolphus,  I  uttered
something  like  the  words  I  have  written.  A
hand  was  laid  upon  my  shoulder,  a  soft  voice
whispered  in  my  ear —

"  May  we  not  too  be  strong  in  self-
resistance  ;  great  even  in  weakness  ;  tri-
umphant in  death?"


EVELYN,  49

The  voice  was  Evelyn's;  her  soft  bright
eyes,  like  moonshine  on  water,  looked  into
mine.  I  answered  them  without  words ;
for  I  felU  though  I  did  not  quite  under-
stand, her  meaning;  at  least  I  did  not
know  how  it  might  be  applied  to  her  own
circumstances  ;  and  the  organ  of  cautious-
ness, phrenologists  say,  is  largely  developed
on  my  head.
Baron  Oscar,  however,  came  up,  and
prevented  any  moral-philosophy  discussion
by  asking  me  if  I  had  seen  the  visor  of
King  Karl,  which  represents  outwardly  the
visage  it  was  intended  to  conceal,  mous-
taches and  all.  And  when  we  had  duly  ad-
mired the  face  or  the  visor  of  Charles  VIII.,
he  showed  us  the  shields  of  the  noble  order
of  Knights  of  the  Seraphim,  to  which  only
the  blood-royal  and  a  few  of  the  haute-
noblesse  are  admitted  ;  pointing  out  among
them  that  of  Monsieur  Napoleon  Buona-
parte, who  admitted  himself  to  the  honours
of  the  order  of  the  Seraphim.
This  Riddarholms  Kyrkan  is  indeed  an
interesting,  but  most  forlorn-looking  place.
