tory," said the King. "I must hear it at length,
later. But you shall not marry against your wish. You shall marry the man
you love; we will see to that, whether Carmona can clear himself or not.
As for my friend Casa Triana, I owe him a triple debt. Part of it I can
repay by giving him certain estates in the South which I believe I've
been--keeping in trust for him. Part I can never repay; and part--well, if I
can give him a bride who loves him, perhaps he will consider himself
repaid?"

"I thank your Majesty a thousand times," I said.

Monica looked at me. She was very pale; but there was heaven in her eyes.

"_Viva el Rey!_" shouted Dick; and the crowd, though they had not heard or
understood what passed, took up the cry with all their hearts--

"_Viva el Rey!_"

THE END

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