Beatriz; innocent child, was unaware of the perils of that profession: she accepted eagerly the means that would give comfort to the declining life of her only friend--she became an actress.

At that time we were quartered in Seville, to keep guard on the suspected Moriscos." "Ah, the hated infidels!" muttered Calderon, fiercely, through his teeth.
"I saw Beatriz, and loved her at first sight.

I do not say," added Fonseca, with a blush, "that my suit, at the outset, was that which alone was worthy of her; but her virtue soon won my esteem as well as love.

I left Seville to seek my father and obtain his consent to a marriage with Beatriz.

You know a hidalgo's prejudices--they are insuperable.