"Guards and chains will not detain him.

Ere long he will return.

But thou, at least, Muza, are henceforth free, alike from the suspicion of the living and the warnings of the dead.

No, my friend," continued Boabdil, with generous warmth, "it is better to lose a crown, to lose life itself, than confidence in a heart like thine.

Come, let us inspect this magic tablet; perchance--and how my heart bounds as I utter the hope!--the hour may have arrived.".