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Myra was infinitely glad to escape, and she flung herself down in a

chair with a sigh that was half a sob when she reached her bedrooo, Dolores," she said, and ratulations

"Si, ly, as she withdrew

"'Maestra?'--That means 'mistress,'" ruminated Myra "In what sense is

it used? He used the hen he addressed his e 'Nueva maestra,' I think he called me That must mean

'new mistress' His new oing to happen to me?Oh, why didn't Tony play

thealmost unbearable when the

sound of heavy footsteps in the rocky corridor made Myra's heart jump

convulsively She started to her feet as the door opened to reveal Don

Carlos, still wearing his cowl Behind him were Garcilaso and Mendoza

with Standish, now fully dressed and with a bandage round his eyes,

between them

"Does the Señora Cojuelo wish to say farewell to the lover who

renounced her?" inquired Don Carlos, with a note of mockery in his

voice "I am now about to redeem my promise and have him escorted back