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"Did you wish to speak with me, Padre?"
"Even so, ive thee co before the door of the harkell occupied by the priest: he opened it and drew Mañuel in
An hour later they eer was removed from Nevarro's brow, and Father Mazzolin's countenance wore the impenetrable cast he ever assumed in public It was his business expression, the s, and lured his dupes into believing hi pastor, whose only aim in life was to promote the welfare and happiness of his flock
When Don Garcia sat that night, à la Turk, on a buffalo-robe before his door, puffing his cigarrita, and keeping tihboring fandango, Inez drew near, and related the result of her intervieith Mañuel, concluding by declaring her intention to abide by her decision, and consult her oishes in the selection of a husband
His astonish, but she refuted every argument advanced with the adroitness of an Abelard: the small stock of patience hich "Da with rage, he swore she should coloohed conte about her, yet sought not to allay it: she kneas the precursor of a fierce struggle, yet quailed not Like the heroine of Saragossa, or the martyr of Rouen, she knew not fear; and her restless nature rather joyed in the strife
A lol fro who shared the robe, announced an intruder, and the next moment the Padre joined them He was joyfully hailed by De Garcia as an ally; but a dark look of hatred gleamed from Inez's eyes, as they rested on his form: it vanished instantly, and she welconizant of his intervieith Nevarro, for heroverlooked the street in which it took place She knew, too, his powers of intrigue; that they were enlisted against her; and a glance sufficed to show the path to be pursued Long ago her penetrating eye had probed the mask of dissimulation which concealed, like the "silver veil" of Mokanna, a great deforreater because, alas! a moral one
Father Mazzolin inquired, with apparent interest, the cause of contention The Don gave a detailed account, and wound up by applying to him for support, in favor of Nevarro The look of sorrowful astonishe Spanish eyes on the ground, lest he should perceive the smile which lurked in their corners, and half played round her lip