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I tell you something will happen!" "To which of them?" asked Miss Cordova satirically.
When Abderahman beheld the youth laden with chains, he remembered his own sufferings in his early days, and had compassion on him; but, to prevent him from doing further mischief, he imprisoned him in a tower of the wall of Cordova. In the meantime Casim, who had escaped, managed to raise another band of warriors.
There is no precipitation in such a place as Cordova; life is quite long enough for all that it is really needful to do; to him who waits come all things, and a little waiting more or less can be of no great consequence. Let everything be taken very leisurely, for there is ample time.
His eyes were bright and clear, and his face was beaming with happiness. He wore a new suit of clothes and a new hat and was freshly shaved. The Blossoms knew instantly that he had had good news. "Everything is all right," he announced in a ringing voice. "Had an answer from Cordova at nine o'clock last night.
"Gomez and his bands have lately been in Cordova," said I; "of course you were present at all that occurred: how did they comport themselves?" "Bravely well," replied the innkeeper, "bravely well, and I wish they were here still.
An order to that effect was readily granted by Cordova, and, under proper escort, Don Baltasar was conducted to the Count's quarters. It would be erroneous to suppose, that, during the late war in Spain, adherents of Don Carlos were only to be found in the districts in which his standard was openly raised.
I still wore the uniform of the regiment of Cordova. Irons were given me, which I was obliged myself to fasten on my wrists and ankles; the town-major tied a bandage over my eyes, and, taking me under the arm, they thus conducted me to the carriage.
His remains were interred in the cathedral church of Cordova, in a chapel which bears the name of Garcilasso; and an inscription was placed on his monument, intimating the high respect in which the historian was held both for his moral worth and his literary attainments.
But I am in no hurry! I should like to walk a mile with you." "Then do it," he answered. "Something tells me that we shall not be ill travelers together." I felt that also and no more than he could explain it. But the reason, I know, stands in the forest behind the seedling. He walked his horse, and I strode beside. He asked my name and I gave it. Juan Lepe. We traveled Cordova road together.
By order of the authorities, the other nuns of the establishment were taken to Cordova and locked up, that they might not become violent in their talk and bring destruction upon themselves as the result of their intemperate acts; and Columba was kept in solitary confinement, in the hope that she might be induced to abjure her newly found faith.
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