Of you will their souls be required." "By Saint Joseph, it is a duty not in agreement with my desire! I, who have carefully abstained from the charge of a wife and daughters of my own." "It is but for a day or two, Marquis, until the matter is arranged.

The convent is the best of all refuges for women so desolate." The marquis did not answer.

He lifted a book and began to read; and Fray Ignatius watched him furtively.
In the mean time the Senora had reached her home.

She was pleased with the result of her visit.

A little kindness easily imposed upon this childlike woman, and she trusted in any one who was pleasant to her.
"You may believe me, Antonia," she said; "my uncle was in a temper most unusual.