He can be sweet enough with all men to their faces; the words of his mouth are as honey; yet he would be true to none.

It is not according to the canons of our Order for me thus to speak, yet I only give utterance to truth as I know it in the sight of God.

Not even the Spaniards themselves have faith in him.

He has not been permitted to set foot upon shore since first he went aboard." "And you have no plan, no suggestion to offer for my guidance ?" "Mon Dieu, no!" he cried dramatically.

"I cannot think the first thing." "And you, Madame ?" She was kneeling close beside a large chair, her fine dark eyes eagerly searching my face.
"It rests wholly with you," she said solemnly, "and God." Twice, three times, I paced slowly across the floor in anxious reflection; each time, as I turned, I gazed again into her trustful, appealing eyes.