I could not eat, I could not bear you, my darling Gabriella, to be brought into my presence.

Your innocent smiles were daggers to my heart.
"But she came again, Theresa, the avenger,--she came followed by a woman, leading by the hand a beautiful boy.
"Here was proof that needed no confirmation.

Every infantine feature bore the similitude of St.James.The eyes, the smile, his miniature self was there.

I no longer doubted,--no longer hesitated.
"'Leave me,' I cried, and despair lent me calmness.

'I resign all claims to the name, the fortune, and the affections of him who has so cruelly wronged us.