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"Leave it to h there is no

reason for supposing, senor captain, that you will not be kindly

received, because the worth and wisdo shows

hihty or

insensible, or that he will not kno to estimate the accidents of

fortune at their proper value"

"Still," said the captain, "I would not make myself known abruptly, but

in some indirect way"

"I have told you already," said the curate, "that I will e it in a

way to satisfy us all"

By this time supper was ready, and they all took their seats at the

table, except the captive, and the ladies, who supped by themselves in

their own room In the middle of supper the curate said:

"I had a coe, in Constantinople,

where I was a captive for several years, and that same comrade was one of

the stoutest soldiers and captains in the whole Spanish infantry; but he

had as large a share of e"