Thou art honest, I think thou lovest me; and I will own, that in ordinary circumstances thy advice would be good, and thy scruples laudable.

But I tell thee that I adore this girl; that I have set all my hopes upon her; that, at whatever cost, whatever risks, she must be mine.

Wilt thou desert me?
Wilt thou on whose faith I have ever leaned so trustingly, forsake thy friend and thy prince for this brawling soldier?
No; I wrong thee." "Oh!" said Calderon, with much semblance of emotion, "I would lay down my life in your service, and I have often surrendered my conscience to your lightest will.

But this would be so base a perfidy in me! He has confided his life of life to my hands.

How canst even thou count on my faith if thou knowest me false to another ?" "False! art thou not false to me?
Have I not confided to thee, and dost thou not desert me--nay, perhaps, betray?
How wouldst thou serve this Fonseca?
How liberate the novice ?" "By an order of the court.