Morella has cast me off, and I hate him, and wish to escape from him and rob him of his prize.

Also, I desire money to live on afterwards, and this you must give to me or I do not stir, or rather the promise of it, for you Jews keep your word, and I do not ask a maravedi from you until I have played my part." "And then how many maravedis do you ask, young woman ?" Inez named a sum, at the mention of which both of them opened their eyes, and old Israel exclaimed drily: "Surely--surely you must be one of us." "No," she answered, "but I try to follow your example, and, if I am to live at all, it shall be in comfort." "Quite so," said Castell, "we understand.

But now tell us, what do you propose to do for this money ?" "I propose to set you, your daughter, the Dona Margaret, and her lover, the Senor Brome, safe and free outside the walls of Granada, and to leave the Marquis of Morella married to another woman." "What other woman?
Yourself ?" asked Castell, fixing on this last point in the programme.
"No, Senor, not for all the wealth of both of you.

To your dependent and your daughter's relative, the handsome Betty." "How will you manage that ?" exclaimed Castell, amazed.
"These cousins are not unlike, Senor, although the link of blood between them is so thin.

Listen now, I will tell you." And she explained the outlines of her plan.
"A bold scheme enough," said Castell, when she had finished, "but even if it can be done, would that marriage hold ?" "I think so," answered Inez, "if the priest knew--and he could be bribed--and the bride knows.