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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. And if in many years
from now we are married, you shall always be with us, and I will always
take care of you as I do now.”

Inez sighed and pressed her forehead and blind eyes to the cold window,
almost withdrawing herself from the pressure of Dolores’ arm. Down below
there was tramping of heavy feet, as the companies of foot guards took
their places, marching across the broad space, in their wrought steel
caps and breastplates, carrying their tasselled halberds on their
shoulders. An officer’s voice gave sharp commands. The gust that had
brought the rain had passed by, and a drizzling mist, caused by a sudden
chill, now completely obs