Burney ("Musical Travels") mentions one who imitated a flute and
violin, so as to deceive even his ears.
THIRD PART
I
[After Carwin's confession of his powers of ventriloquism all the
mysteries are cleared up--save one. The owner of the voice heard
in Clara's chamber, on the first night after the wanderer appeared
at Mettingen; the threatener on the edge of the precipice; the spy
in Clara's closet, and would-be intruder; the manipulator of the
vile plot that destroyed her lover's confidence--all these hidden
identities have materialized in the person of this one unhappy man.
But while confessing the prying disposition which led to these
sins, in efforts to protect himself from discovery, Carwin still
denies that Wieland's mad acts were perpetrated at his
instigation.]
"I have uttered the truth. This is the extent of my offenses. You
tell me a horrid tale of Wieland being led to the destruction of
his wife and children by some mysterious agent. You charge me with
the guilt of this agency, but I repeat that the amount of my guilt
has been truly stated.
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