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meaning of all this? You engaged in a clandestine correspondence with my sister, whose affections———"
"Have ever been, and still are mine. But this is no fit place for an explanation. Accompany me to my hotel, and you shall know every thing. Who is that with you?"
"One whom I believe you to have seen before," replied Don Christoval, "though probably not at church."
"The condé d'Ossorio?"
"Exactly so, marquis."
"I have no objection to entrusting you with my secret, for I am sure that I may depend upon your silence."
"Then your opinion of me is better than my own, and therefore I must beg leave to decline your confidence. Do you go your own way, and I shall go mine. Marquis, where are you to be found?"
"As usual, at the hotel de las Cisternas; but remember that I am incognito, and that, if you wish to see me, you must ask for Alphonso d'Alvarada."
Good!
