We may remain here too long--till escape will be impossible; and then who may predict with any degree of certainty the chances of war?
That Dr.Bryant will do all that a friend or brother would, I doubt not; but he may be powerless to help when danger assails; and even if he should not, to travel from here in stormy times would not be so easy as you imagine." "Who has been filling your head with such ideas?
It could be none other than that dark-browed Inez." "If she has, could aught but disinterested friendship actuate her to such a course ?" "Really, Mary, I should not have given you credit for so much credulity.

Do you place any confidence in what that girl may tell you ?" "I do rely on what she confides to me.

Has she ever given you cause to doubt her sincerity?
Indeed, Florry, you do her injustice.

I would willingly--God only knows how willingly--doubt some portions of what I have heard from her lips, but I dare not." "Mary, can you not perceive that she is jealous of us, and hopes, by operating on your fears, to drive us from this place?
The Padre hinted as much to me not long since." "Florry, it is for you to say whether Inez speaks truth.

From her lips I had the words--Your Cousin Florence is a Papist, wears a crucifix about her neck, and kneels in the confessional.