Till then, hear me, Don Ferdinand! We have hitherto been as companions in arms, and as friends, absent or together; from this moment the tie is broken, and for ever.

I am thy foe! one who hath sworn to take thy life, or lose his own.

I will compel thee to meet me! Ay, shouldst thou shun me, to the confines of the world I will track and find thee.

Coward and spy! And yet men think thee noble!" A bitter laugh of scorn concluded these fatal words.

He returned his sword violently to its sheath; the tread of his armed heel was heard for a few seconds, and then all was silent.
Morales neither moved nor spoke, and Marie lifted her head to look on his face in terror.