24/49 She must be watched continually." "For what reason? Oh, indeed! I could say something about last night! Dona Isabel has no vocation for a nun; but, gracias a Dios! Rachela is not yet blind or deaf." "Let the child go with me for an hour, Rachela. The kerchief will be so becoming to you. There is not another in San Antonio like it." Rachela was past forty, but not yet past the age of coquetry. "It will look gorgeous with my gold ear-rings, but--" "I will give you also the blue satin bow like it, to wear at your breast." "Si, si! I will give the permission, Senorita--for your sake alone. |