At least she is willing to take her chance, and, meanwhile, all of you can be gone." Castell looked doubtfully at the Jew Israel, who stroked his white beard and said: "Let the woman set out her scheme.

At any rate she is no fool, and it is worth our hearing, though I fear that at the best it must be costly." "I can pay," said Castell, and motioned to Inez to proceed.
As yet, however, she had not much more to say, save that they must have good horses at hand, and send a messenger to Seville, whither the _Margaret_ had been ordered to proceed, bidding her captain hold his ship ready to sail at any hour, should they succeed in reaching him.
These things, then, they arranged, and a while later Inez and Israel departed, the former carrying with her a bag of gold.
That same night Inez sought the priest, Henriques of Motril, in that hall of Morella's palace which was used as a private chapel, saying that she desired to speak with him under pretence of making confession, for they were old friends--or rather enemies.
As it chanced she found the holy father in a very ill humour.

It appeared that Morella also was in a bad humour with Henriques, having heard that it was he who had possessed himself of the jewels in his strong-box on the _San Antonio_.

Now he insisted upon his surrendering everything, and swore, moreover, that he would hold him responsible for all that his people had stolen from the ship, and this because he said that it was his fault that Peter Brome had escaped the sea and come on to Granada.
"So, Father," said Inez, "you, who thought yourself rich, are poor again." "Yes, my daughter, and that is what chances to those who put their faith in princes.

I have served this marquis well for many years--to my soul's hurt, I fear me--hoping that he who stands so high in the favour of the Church would advance me to some great preferment.