"Let me go as far as the corner.

There is a light there, and I can tell you in a moment." In her anxiety to seem to see, she had forgotten for the moment to muffle her voice in her veil.
They went on rapidly, and the Dona Ana did what most people do when a companion offers to examine the way,--she stood still a moment and hesitated, looking after the girl, and then followed her with the slow step with which a person walks who is certain of having to turn back.
Inez walked lightly to the corner, hardly touching the wall, turned by the corner, and was out of sight in a moment.

The Princess walked faster, for though she believed that Dolores trusted her, it seemed foolish to give the girl a chance.

She reached the corner, where there was a lamp,--and she saw that the dim corridor was empty to the very end.
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