By the saint of my birth I swear it." "Mother, listen to Antonia.

When one door shuts, God opens another door.
Our own home is yet undisturbed.

Do you believe what Fray Ignatius says of the coming of Santa Anna?
I do not.

Until he arrives we are safe in our own home; and when the hour for going away comes, even a little bird can show us the way to take.

And I am certain that my father is planning for our safety.