Meanwhile, to-morrow, I shall be the first officially to hear of the flight of the novice, and I will set the pursuers on a wrong scent.
Have I not arranged all things properly, my Fonseca ?" "You are our guardian angel!" cried Don Martin, fervently.

"The prayers of Beatriz will be registered in your behalf above--prayers that will reach the Great Throne as easily from the open valleys of France as in the gloomy cloisters of Madrid.

At midnight, to-morrow, then, we seek the house you have described to us." "Ay, at midnight, all shall be prepared." With a light step and exulting heart, Fonseca turned from the palace of Calderon.

Naturally sanguine and high-spirited, visions of hope and joy floated before his eyes, and the future seemed to him a land owning but the twin deities of Glory and Love.
He had reached about the centre of the streets in which Calderon's abode was placed, when six men, who for some moments had been watching him from a little distance, approached.
"I believe," said the one who appeared the chief of the band, "that I have the honor to address Senior Don Martin Fonseca ?" "Such is my name." "In the name of the king we arrest you.

Follow us." "Arrest! on what plea?
What is my offence ?" "It is stated on this writ, signed by his Eminence the Cardinal-Duke de Lerma.