Ruez Gonzales, improving the governor-general's pass,
had visited the young officer daily, bringing with him such luxuries
and necessities to the condemned as were not prohibited by the rules
of the prison, and which were most grateful to him. More so,
because, though this was never intimated to him, or, indeed,
appeared absolutely obvious, he thought that oftentimes Isabella had
selected these gifts, if indeed she had not prepared them with her
own hands. A certain delicacy of feeling prevented him from saying
as much to her brother, or of even questioning him upon any point,
however trivial, as to any matter of a peculiar nature concerning
Isabella. Sometimes he longed to ask the boy about the subject, but
he could not bring himself to do so; he felt that it would be
indelicate and unpleasant to Isabella, and therefore he limited
himself to careful inquiries concerning her health and such simple
matters as he might touch upon, without risk of her displeasure.
Lorenzo Bezan took the announcement of his fate calmly. He felt it
his duty to pray for strength, and he did so, and sought in the holy
silence and confidence of prayer for that abiding and inward
assurance that may carry us through the darkness and the valley of
death.
Pages:
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108