As for the marquis, he fell ill, and after the taking of Granada went to live there quietly.
Betty went with him, for she was a good wife, and saved lots of money.
She buried him a year ago, for he died slow, and gave him one of the finest tombs in Spain--it isn't finished yet.

That is all the story.

Now she has brought her boy, the young marquis, to England for a year or two, for she has a very warm heart, and longed to see you all.

Also, she thought she had better go away a while, for her son's sake.

As for me, now that Morella is dead, I am head of the household--secretary, general purveyor of intelligence, and anything else you like at a good salary." "You are not married, I suppose ?" asked Peter.
"No," Inez answered; "I saw so much of men when I was younger that I seem to have had enough of them.