The Blue Rider is a spectral thing bound to the races of the Spectral Hippodrome. He will not face forward, but rides ever with his head turned back over his shoulder; and there is a great sorrow in him, and a sense of being cursed, that speaks of a long captivity to the course. He wished for the death of Justinian, whom he believed to be living still. When he learned that Justinian had been these many centuries in the grave, he was struck dumb, and understood that he might have been laid to rest long ago. He let fall that the Crown of Sargon, which the cats are seeking, may be found "below the Maiden Tower"; and thereupon he quit the races on a sudden and was gone.