The fishermen of Lapland, when at nights their boats beat about off Solowetshk Monastery, often see the figure of a tall, gray-headed man wandering about the bastions. It is attended by two armed sentinels; and ever and anon the spectre raises its clasped hands to heaven, as if in supplication. Then they whisper to one another that the mysterious prisoner of Holy Island is none other than the vanished Constantine, though forty years have passed since his disappearance. * * * * * Snow lies deep all around--so deep that no roads are visible. A gray, leaden firmament spans the horizon. All is intense silence. But beneath the deep snow something is still growing, and the roots of which will never die. THE END Transcriber's Note: The following typographical errors present in the original edition have been corrected. In Chapter V, "Another was 'Szojus Spacinia'" was changed to "Another was 'Szojusz Spacinia'", and "a fourth 'Szojus Blagadenstoiga'" was changed to "a fourth 'Szojusz Blagadenztoiga'". In Chapter VI, "faithful Ihuasko" was changed to "faithful Ihnasko", and "Count Paklem's conspiracy" was changed to "Count Pahlen's conspiracy". In Chapter VIII, a quotation mark was removed after "before going to bed". In Chapter IX, a quotation mark was added after "the yoke that is bowing down its neck", and "Krizsanowski, the delegate of the Polish 'Kosyniery'" was changed to "Krizsanowski, the delegate of the Polish 'Kosynyery'". In Chapter X, "Commandant Diebitsh prisoners" was changed to "Commandant Diebitsch prisoners". In Chapter XII, a quotation mark was removed after "put a good face on it", and a quotation mark was added after "paid them twice over in interest". In Chapter XXIV, a question mark was changed to a period after "I can understand their being angry with him". In Chapter XXVI, a quotation mark was added before "Relate again". In Chapter XXVII, "Araktsejeff vied" was changed to "Araktseieff vied". In Chapter XXVIII, "Banish Araktsejeff" was changed to "Banish Araktseieff". In Chapter XXXI, "Helenka's husband, old Ihnasco" was changed to "Helenka's husband, old Ihnasko". In Chapter XXXIII, a quotation mark was added after "desirable to keep them secret". In Chapter XXXVI, a quotation mark was added before "Just what you directed". In Chapter XXXVIII, "wrote the letter to Jukuskin" was changed to "wrote the letter to Jakuskin". In Chapter XL, a quotation mark was removed after "Who knows into whose hands they may fall?", and "the Kalevains have more reason to weep" was changed to "the Kalevaines have more reason to weep". In Chapter XLI, "as Jukuskin has planned" was changed to "as Jakuskin has planned", and "plenipotentiary of the Szojusz Blagodenztoga" was changed to "plenipotentiary of the Szojusz Blagodenztoiga".