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Meanwhile Paco's prolonged absence had caused Herrera and the Mochuelo the most serious uneasiness; and as Luis knew him to be incapable of treachery, and vouched for his fidelity, they could only suppose that he had been taken prisoner, or had fallen and killed or maimed himself amongst the precipices he had to traverse.
Paco's blood grew cold in his veins, he ground his teeth, and his hand played convulsively with the knife in his pocket. He looked up at the window as though he would have sprung to the assistance of the helpless victim of Baltasar's barbarity. Again the room-door opened, and was again violently slammed. All was now silent in the chamber.
Thereupon a bolt was cautiously withdrawn, and the trap raised; the muleteer completed the ascent of the steps, entered the loft, and found himself face to face with Jaime the gipsy. "Did no one see you?" said Paco, in a cautious whisper. "No one," replied the esquilador, reseating himself upon Paco's bed, from which he had risen to give admittance to the muleteer.
In half the time that appeared necessary for the painful ascent, he disappeared over the summit of the mountain. An hour elapsed, and Herrera, who had not ceased to watch for Paco's re-appearance, became impatient and uneasy.
Paco held out his horse's bridle and those of the mules to Jaime, intending to follow his young mistress, but the gipsy hesitated to take them, and the lay sister, perceiving Paco's intention, interposed to prevent its execution. "You must remain here," said she; "I have no orders to admit men into the convent, nor can I, without express orders from the lady abbess."
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