She was brought up no renegade to her father's faith." "Write down the confession.

Prisoner," resumed the Dominican, after a pause, "but few more questions remain; answer them truly, and thy life is saved.

In thy conspiracy to raise thy brotherhood of Andalusia to power and influence--or, as thou didst craftily term it, to equal laws with the followers of our blessed Lord; in thy conspiracy (by what dark arts I seek not now to know _protege nos, beate Domine_!) to entangle in wanton affections to thy daughter the heart of the Infant of Spain-silence, I say--be still! in this conspiracy, thou wert aided, abetted, or instigated by certain Jews of Andalusia--" "Hold, priest!" cried Almamen, impetuously, "thou didst name my child.
Do I hear aright?
Placed under the sacred charge of a king, and a belted knight, has she--oh! answer me, I implore thee--been insulted by the licentious addresses of one of that king's own lineage?
Answer! I am a Jew--but I am a father and a man." "This pretended passion deceives us not," said the Dominican, who, himself cut off from the ties of life, knew nothing of their power.
"Reply to the question put to thee: name thy accomplices." "I have told thee all.

Thou hast refused to answer one.

I scorn and defy thee: my lips are closed." The Grand Inquisitor glanced to his brethren, and raised his hand.
His assistants whispered each other; one of them rose, and disappeared behind the canvas at the back of the tent.