It has been called pride in charms which we do not possess, but it also serves to place actual charms in a brighter light, and that I expect from this fair one.

If she knows how to avoid extravagance, it will willingly be indulged.

But her ambition, Luis; perils may arise from that.

If it begins to stir too covetously, remember your duty as watcher--sound the horn and set the packs upon her." "For the sake of our sovereign lord, I will not fail," replied Quijada.
"So far as she herself is concerned, she is one of those women whose beauty I acknowledge, but to whom I am indifferent.

More modest manners please me better." "You are thinking of Dona Magdalena de Ulloa," observed the Queen, "you poor loyal widower, while the loveliest of wives still lives.