I am your Grace's most obedient servant.

I must return to my duty." "Good-night, my dear friend," answered Dona Ana, nodding graciously.
Mendoza bowed low, and went out again, Eudaldo closing the door behind him.

He would not be at liberty until the last of the grandees had gone home, and the time he had consumed in accompanying the Princess was just what he could have spared for his supper.

She gave a short sigh of relief as she heard his spurred heels and long sword on the stone pavement.

He was gone, leaving Dolores in her power, and she meant to use that power to the utmost.
Eudaldo shuffled silently across the hall, to the other door, and she followed him.