The Senora was still under the control of Fray Ignatius.

It required all the influence of his own personal presence and affection to break the spiritual captivity in which he held her.

He knew that the priest had long been his enemy.
He saw that Antonia was hated by him.

He was in the shadow of a terror worse than death--that of a long, hopeless captivity.

A dungeon and a convent might become to them a living grave, in which cruelty and despair would slowly gnaw life away.
And yet, for a day or two he resolved not to speak of his terror.