"A man of the most seraphic mind, and, moreover, so fortunate as to be connected with the house of Flores." He had been gentle to her in the matter of penances, and not set her religious obligations above her capacities.

Consequently, the Senora had laid aside her penitential garments.

She was in full Castilian costume, and looked very handsome.

But Antonia, who had been in New York during those years when she would otherwise have been learning how to wear a mantilla and use a fan, did not attempt such difficulties of the toilet.

She knew that she would look unnatural in them, and she adhered to the American fashions of her day.