One troubled glance of a great love he cast backward from the door ere he closed it behind him; and then his countenance suddenly changed.

Stern and strong it grew, with a glow of anger in the steel-blue eyes that gave an entirely new character to it.
He called Antonia into his study, and talked with her of the crisis which was approaching, and of the conduct of their affairs in it.

He showed her the places in which his gold coin was hidden.

He told her on whom to rely in any emergency.
"We have sure information that General Urrea, with the vanguard of a large Mexican army, will be here next month.

Santa Anna will follow him quickly.