We felt sure that it would be the ship that the governor was in, and we knew you were with him; and our father was so enraged at what had happened, that we felt sure he would take part in the fight." "He did so," Francis said, "and himself engaged hand-to-hand with Mocenigo, and would probably have killed him, had not his foot slipped on the deck.

I was, of course, by his side, and occupied the villain until a cross bolt pierced his brain.

So there is an end to all your trouble with him." "Is he really dead ?" Maria said.

"Oh, Francisco, how thankful I am! He seemed so determined, that I began to think he was sure some day to succeed in carrying me off.

Not that I would ever have become his wife, for I had vowed to kill myself before that came about.