It was a hard and dangerous thing to lead King Philip; it would be an easy matter to direct King John.

An honest and unsuspicious soldier would be but as a child in such skilful hands.

Dona Ana and Perez would rule Spain as they pleased, and by and by Don John should be chosen Emperor also by the Electors of the Holy Roman Empire, and the conspirators would rule the world, as Charles the Fifth had ruled it.

There was no limit to their ambition, and no scruple would stand between them and any crime, and the stake was high and worth many risks.
The Princess walked slowly, weighing in the balance all there was to lose or gain.

When she reached the head of the main staircase, she had not yet altogether decided how to act, and lest she should meet some one she returned, and walked up and down the lonely corridor nearly a quarter of an hour, in deep thought.