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, seegyself well paid for the trouble i would have brgg it toyou, and knog by the address that it was to you it was sent （for,senor, i know you very well）， and al unable to resist that beautifullady&039;s tears, i relved to trt no one else, but to e yselfand give it to you, and sixteen hours fro the ti when it wasgiven i have ade the journey, which, as you know, is eighteenleagues&039;

&ot;all the while the good-natured iprovised urier was tellg this, i hung upon his words, y legs treblg under that iuld scarcely stand however, i opened the letter and read thesewords:

&ot;&039;the proise don fernando gave you to ur your father to speakto e, he has fulfilled uch ore to his own satisfaction than toyour advanta i have to tell you, senor, that be has deanded fora wife, and y father, led away by what he nsiders don fernando&039;ssuperiority over you, has favoured his suit rdially, that o days hence the betrothal is to take place with such secrecy and privately that the only witnesses are to be the heavens above and afew of the hoehold picture to yourself the state i a ; judif it be urnt for you to e; the issue of the affair will show youwhether i love you or not god grant this ay e to your hand beforee shall be forced to lk itself with his who keeps ill thefaith that he has pledd&039;

&ot;such, brief, were the words of the letter, words that ade set out at once without waitg any lonr for reply or oney; for ow saw clearly that it was not the pur插se of