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 LADY JANE GREY. 359 should exist. The presumption is, that they were both buried tn the chapel of the Tower; but the historian of that fortress has not been able to find any conclusive evidence of the place where their remains were deposited. Thus, while tombs have been raised of most magnificent character in the vain attempt to perpetuate worthless memories, the ashes of one of the most interesting and injured victims of state policy remain, and probably will remain, forever lost in the oblivion of unknown earth. Modern researches, how- ever, have discovered one monument of her, of a peculiarly touching nature. It is the words, Jane, Jane, carved out rudely as by a nail on the walls of the apartment in the Tower where her husband is supposed to have been confined. In that single word, thus found, there lies more true pathos than in the most elaborate eulogium on the most regal tombs. It is the lament of bereaved affection and of sympathy in death over the ap- proaching fate of one whose youth, whose simple beauty, whose talents and whose piety will forever mingle in the story of her death, and give it an imperishable interest in the hearts of all coming ages.