Love then had to be taken on trust.

Rarely, indeed, could it send assurances of fidelity and affection.
Jack's letter brightened the day, and formed a new topic of conversation, until Ortiz returned in the evening.

His disguise had enabled him to linger about the Plaza and monte table, and to hear and observe all that was going on.
"The city is enjoying itself, and making money," he said, in reply to question from the Senora.

"Certainly the San Antonians approve of liberty, but what would you do?
In Rome one does not quarrel with the Pope; in San Antonio one must approve of despotism, when Santa Anna parades himself there." "Has he made any preparations for attacking the Alamo?
Will the Americans resist him ?" "Senorita Antonia, he is erecting a battery on the river bank, three hundred yards from the Alamo.

This morning, ere the ground was touched, he reviewed his men in the Plaza.