"It will be almost as if you could see him, too." "Almost--" Inez spoke the one word and broke off abruptly, and rose from her chair.
In the familiar room she moved almost as securely as if she could see.
She went to the window and listened.

Dolores came and stood beside her.
"What is it, dear ?" she asked.

"What is the matter?
What has hurt you?
Tell me!" "Nothing," answered the blind girl, "nothing, dear.

I was thinking--how lonely I shall be when you and he are married, and they send me to a convent, or to our dismal old house in Valladolid." A faint colour came into her pale face, and feeling it she turned away from Dolores; for she was not speaking the truth, or at least not half of it all.
"I will not let you go!" answered Dolores, putting one arm round her sister's waist.

"They shall never take you from me.