It now was not the Friar's interest to solicit admission to her presence, and He took leave of her as if not designing to return.

Fully persuaded that the acquaintance which She dreaded was now at an end, Flora was so much worked upon by his easy compliance that She began to doubt the justice of her suspicions.

As She lighted him down Stairs, She thanked him for having endeavoured to root out from Antonia's mind her superstitious terrors of the Spectre's prediction: She added, that as He seemed interested in Donna Antonia's welfare, should any change take place in her situation, She would be careful to let him know it.

The Monk in replying took pains to raise his voice, hoping that Jacintha would hear it.

In this He succeeded; As He reached the foot of the Stairs with his Conductress, the Landlady failed not to make her appearance.
'Why surely you are not going away, reverend Father ?' cried She; 'Did you not promise to pass the night in the haunted Chamber?
Christ Jesus! I shall be left alone with the Ghost, and a fine pickle I shall be in by morning! Do all I could, say all I could, that obstinate old Brute, Simon Gonzalez, refused to marry me today; And before tomorrow comes, I suppose, I shall be torn to pieces, by the Ghosts, and Goblins, and Devils, and what not! For God's sake, your Holiness, do not leave me in such a woeful condition! On my bended knees I beseech you to keep your promise: Watch this night in the haunted chamber; Lay the Apparition in the Red Sea, and Jacintha remembers you in her prayers to the last day of her existence!' This request Ambrosio expected and desired; Yet He affected to raise objections, and to seem unwilling to keep his word.