But in a plain frock of dark satin trimmed with minever bands, she looked exceedingly noble and lovely.
The meal was a very merry one, and after it Lopez Navarro joined the party and they had music and dancing, and finally gathered around the fire to hear the singing of Luis.

He knew a great many of the serenades, and as he sang of the Virgin and the Babe, a sweeter peace, a more solemn joy, came to each heart.

It was like bringing something of the bliss of heaven into the bliss of earth.

The Senora's eyes were full of tears; she slipped her hand into her husband's and looked at him with a face which asked, "Do you not also feel the eternity of a true love ?" "How sweet and wild are these serenades, Luis!" said Antonia.

"I wonder who wrote them ?" "But, then, they were never written, my sister.