text:  No sooner had his eyes fallen upon it than his cheek grew pale--his usually severe and stern face was convulsed with agitation--and he sank back in his chair with the low cry "That ring! O God! After so many years of dearly-sought oblivion!" At the sight of the Ober-Amtmann's agitation and apparent swoon a howl of execration burst from the crowd below mingled with the cries of "Tear the wretch in pieces! She has poisoned him! Tear her in pieces!" Consternation prevailed through the whole assembly