"Listen to me," she continued.

"The General has locked me in, by mistake.

He did not know I was here when he bolted the door.

And I am hungry and thirsty and very cold, Eudaldo--and you must let me out, and I will run to the Duchess Alvarez and stay with her little girl.
Indeed, Eudaldo, the General did not mean to lock me in, too." "He said nothing about your ladyship to me," answered the servant doubtfully.

"But I do not know--" he hesitated.
"Please, please, Eudaldo," pleaded Inez, "I am so cold and lonely here--" "But Dona Dolores is there, too," observed Eudaldo.
Dolores held her breath and steadied herself against the panel.
"He shut her into the inner sitting-room.