To-day I dare to hope that it may be otherwise." "Why so, Marquis ?" "Last evening you looked into a certain garden and saw two people walking there--yonder is one of them," and he nodded towards Inez.
"Shall I go on ?" "No," she answered in a low voice, and passing her hands before her face.

"Only tell me who and what is that woman ?" and in her turn she looked towards Inez.
"Is it necessary ?" he asked.

"Well, if you wish to know, she is a Spaniard of good blood who with her sister was taken captive by the Moors.

A certain priest, who took an interest in the sister, brought her to my notice and I bought her from them; so, as her parents were dead and she had nowhere else to go, she elected to stay in my house.

You must not judge such things too harshly; they are common here.