"Senor," said he, "why you come here, intruding into a strange garden, we will inquire at another time.

For the present I will only request you to leave us free from further interruption by immediately retiring, and to favor me with your name." "Retire I will not," replied the stranger, "but my name I will gladly tell you.

I am the Duke of Alba." And as he spoke, by a movement of his charger a bright moonbeam fell upon his pale thin face, the dwelling-place of all that was grand and worthy and terrible.

The two captains bowed low and dropped their weapons.
"I ought to know you," continued Alba, looking at them with his sparkling eyes.

"Yes, truly, I know you well, you are the two young heroes at the battle of Tunis.