Why did you not come home at the Angelus ?" "I have had a good reason for my delay, Maria.

About three o'clock I received a message from the Senora Alveda, and I visited her.

She is in great trouble, and she had not been able to bear it with her usual fortitude.

She bad fainted." "Ah, the poor mother! She has a son who will break her heart." "She made no complaint of Luis.

She is distracted about her country, and as I came home I understood why.