The woman was pleading with the man.
'Surely you will not desert me,' she said, 'after marrying me and
all that you have sworn; you will not have the heart to desert me. I
abandoned everything for you. I am in great danger. I--' and here her
voice fell so that I could not catch her words.
Then he spoke. 'Fairest, now as always I adore you. But we must part
awhile. You owe me much, Isabella. I have rescued you from the grave,
I have taught you what it is to live and love. Doubtless with your
advantages and charms, your great charms, you will profit by the lesson.
Money I cannot give you, for I have none to spare, but I have endowed
you with experience that is more valuable by far. This is our farewell
for awhile and I am brokenhearted. Yet
"'Neath fairer skies Shine other eyes,"
and I--' and again he spoke so low that I could not catch his words.
As he talked on, all my body began to tremble. The scene was moving
indeed, but it was not that which stirred me so deeply, it was the man's
voice and bearing that reminded me--no, it could scarcely be!
'Oh! you will not be so cruel,' said the lady, 'to leave me, your wife,
thus alone and in such sore trouble and danger. Take me with you, Juan,
I beseech you!' and she caught him by the arm and clung to him.
He shook her from him somewhat roughly, and as he did so his wide hat
fell to the ground so that the moonlight shone upon his face.
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