Why had Fray Ignatius made the proposal?
She was sure it was part of an arrangement, and not a spontaneous suggestion of the moment.

And she was equally sure that any preconcerted plan, having Fray Ignatius for its author, must be inimical to them.
Her mother's entry had not awakened Isabel, who lay asleep upon a sofa.
The Senora was a little nettled at the circumstance.

"She is a very child! A visit of such importance! And she is off to the land of dreams while I am fatiguing myself! I wish indeed that she had more consideration!" Then Antonia brought her chocolate, and, as she drank it and smoked her cigarito, she chatted in an almost eager way about the persons she had seen.
"Going towards the Plaza, I met judge Valdez.

I stopped the carriage, and sent my affections to the Senora.

Would you believe it?
He answered me as if his mouth were full of snow.