Inez, thy daughter has avenged thy murder! May Heaven accept the sacrifice! and may my eyes, even athwart the fiery gulf, awaken upon thee!" With that a serene and contented smile passed over the face on which the crowd gazed with breathless awe.

A minute more, and a groan, a cry, broke from that countless multitude; and a gory and ghastly head, severed from its trunk, was raised on high.
Two spectators of that execution were in one of the balconies that commanded a full view of its terrors.
"So perishes my worst foe!" said Uzeda.
"We must sacrifice all things, friends as foes, in the ruthless march of the Great Cause," rejoined the Grand Inquisitor; but he sighed as he spoke.
"Guzman is now with the king," said Uzeda, turning into the chamber.

"I expect every instant a summons into the royal presence." "I cannot share thy sanguine hopes, my son," said Aliaga, shaking his head.

"My profession has made me a deep reader of human character.
Gaspar de Guzman will remove every rival from his path." While he spoke, there entered a gentleman of the royal chamber.

He presented to the Grand Inquisitor and the expectant duke two letters signed by the royal hand.