I have it that a certain one whose name I will not mention even in cipher, a very powerful and high-born man, and, although he appears to be a pleasure-seeker only, and is certainly of a dissolute life, among the greatest bigots in all Spain, has been sent, or is shortly to be sent, from Granada, where he is stationed to watch the Moors, as an envoy to the Court of England to conclude a secret treaty with its king.

Under this treaty the names of rich Maranos that are already well known here are to be recorded, so that when the time comes, and the active persecution of Jews and Maranos begins, they may be given up and brought to Spain for trial before the Inquisition.

Also he is to arrange that no Jew or Marano may be allowed to take refuge in England.

This is for your information, that you may warn any whom it concerns.'" "You think that d'Aguilar is this man ?" asked Peter, while Castell folded up the letter and hid it in the pocket of his robe.
"I do; indeed I have heard already that a fox was on the prowl, and that men should look to their hen-houses.

Moreover, did you note how he crossed himself like a priest, and what he said about being among good Christians?
Also, it is Lent and a fast-day, and by ill-fortune, although none of us ate of it, there was meat upon the table, for as you know," he added hurriedly, "I am not strict in such matters, who give little weight to forms and ceremonies.