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scarlet which in of the scar on his face The hypocrite

could shed tears at pleasure and assume an expression of extreme sorrow,

but the scar was not sub red betrayed the wicked joy of his heart at the gentle and

affectionate words of the young girl

These words encouraged hiht fully attain the prize

for which he strove He had, it is true, taken from his murdered friend

the proof of the debt of ten thousand crowns; true he had, as he supposed,

buried all evidence of his crime in the subterranean vault; but this did

not satisfy him In order to feel that he had received the price of the

frightful assassination, in order to remain rich, powerful, and honored,

he required the hand of the beautiful Mary Van de Werve He well knew that

a long time must elapse before the consummation of his hopes; still, from

the very day that he had coh his words, and so direct his plans that sooner or later he

would certainly take Geronimo's place in Mary's heart He felt secure of

the consent of the young girl's father It was on this account that he

feigned excessive sorrow, and gazed upon Mary with tearful eyes, as though

the sight of her grief pierced him to the heart