I open the doors of the convent to you all.

There you will find safety and peace." Isabel sat with white, parted lips and clasped hands, listening.

Antonia had not moved or spoken.

But with the last words the priest half-turned to her, and she came swiftly to her mother's side, and kissing her, whispered: "Remember your promise to my father! Oh, mi madre, do not leave Isabel and me alone!" "You, too, dear ones! We will all go together, till these dreadful days are past." "No, no, no! Isabel and I will not go.

We will die rather." "The Senorita talks like a foolish one.