They tell me he has fled from the anger of the law; let him return without a fear Solemnly, and from the bed of death, and in the sight of the last tribunal, I proclaim to justice and the world that we fought fairly, and I perish justly.

I have adopted thy faith, though I cannot comprehend its mysteries.

It is enough that it holds out to me the only hope that we shall meet again.

I direct these lines to be transmitted to thee--an eternal proof of thy innocence and my guilt.

Ah, canst thou forgive me?
I knew no sin till I knew thee.
"ARRAEZ FERRARES." Calderon paused ere he turned to the concluding lines of his wife's letter; and, though he remained motionless and speechless, never were agony and despair stamped more terribly on the face of man.
CONCLUSION OF THE LETTER OF INEZ.
"And what avails to me this testimony of my faith?
thou art fled; they cannot track thy footsteps; I shall see thee no more on earth.