r the moment. Supposing it to be true, did you not stab Don
Bartolome in the neck in order that you might be free?"

_Manuela_: "I killed him to defend myself and an innocent person. I
have told you so."

_Judge_: "Why should Don Bartolome wish to kill you?"

_Manuela_: "He hated me because I had refused to do his pleasure. He
wished to make me bad----"

_Judge_ (lifting his hands and throwing his head up): "Bad! Was he not
jealous of the Englishman?"

_Manuela_: "I don't know."

_Judge_: "Did he not tell you that the Englishman was your lover? Did
you not say so to Fray Juan de la Cruz?"

_Manuela_: "He spoke falsely. It was not true. He may have believed
it."

_Judge_: "We shall see. Have patience, Manuela. Having slain your old
lover, you were careful to leave a token for his successor. You left
more than that: your crucifix from your neck, and a message with Fray
Juan?"

_Manuela_: "Yes. I told Fray Juan the whole of the truth, and begged
him to tell the gentleman, because I wished him to think well of me. I
told him that Esteban----"

_Judge_: "Softly, softly, Manuela. Why did you leave your crucifix
behind you?"

_Manuela_: "Because I was grateful to the gentleman who had saved my
life at Palencia; because I had nothing else to give him. Had I had
anything more valuable I would have left it. Nobody had been kind to
me before."

_Judge_: "You know what he has done with your crucifix, Manuela?"

_Manuela_: "I do not."

_Judge_: "What are you saying?"

_Manuela_: "The truth."

_Judge_: "I have the means of confuting you. You told Fray Juan that
you were going to Madrid?"

_Manuela_: "I did not."

_Judge_: "In the hope that he would tell the Englishman?"

_Manuela_: "If he told the gentleman that, he lied."

_Judge_: "It is then a singular coincidence which led to your meeting
him here in Madrid?"

_Manuela_: "I did not meet him."

_Judge_: "Did you not meet him a few nights before you surrendered to
justice?"

_Manuela_: "No."

_Judge_: "Did you meet his servant?"

_Manuela_: "I cannot tell you."

_Judge_: "Did not the Englishman pay for your lodging in the Carcel de
la Corte? Did he not send his servant every day to see you?"

_Manuela_: "The gentleman was lying wounded at the hotel. He had been
stabbed in the street."

_Judge_: "We are not discussing the Englishman's private affairs.
Answer my questions?"

_Manuela_: "I cannot answer them."

_Judge_: "Yo