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THE SHINING BANDS OF LOVE.
"O blest be he! O blest be he! Let him all blessings prove, Who made the chains, the shining chains, The holy chains of love!" -- Spanish Ballad.
"If you love a lady bright, Seek, and you shall find a way All that love would say, to say If you watch the occasion right." -- Spanish Ballad.
In the morning Isabel took breakfast with her sister.

This was always a pleasant event to Antonia.

She petted Isabel, she waited upon her, sweetened her chocolate, spread her cakes with honey, and listened to all her complaints of Tia Rachela.

Isabel came gliding in when Antonia was about half way through the meal.