I have been out to the house, and I can assure you that Lopez has considered everything for your comfort." "However, I would rather go with you, Thomas." "It must be as mother desires." When the circumstances were explained to the Senora, she was at first very determined to accept neither alternative.

"She would remain where she was.

She was a Flores and a Gonzaga.

Santa Anna knew better than to molest her.

She would rather trust to him than to those dreadful Americans." Reminded of Fray Ignatius, she shed a few tears over the poor padrecito, and assured her children they had made a mistake regarding him, which neither oil nor ointment, nor wit nor wisdom, could get over.
It was almost impossible to induce her to come to a decision of any kind; and only when she saw Antonia and Isabel were dressed for a journey, and that Thomas had locked up all the rooms and was extinguishing the fires, could she bring herself to believe that the trial so long anticipated had really come.
"My dearest mother! My own life and the lives of many others may now hang upon a few moments.