CHAPTER XVII

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SALVADOR THE MONK.

Gipsies--Picturesque scene--Love passages--H. C. invited to festive board--Saved by Lady Maria's astral visitation--The fortune-teller--H. C. yields to persuasion--Fate foretold--Warnings--Photograph solicited--Darkness and mystery--Night scene--Gipsies depart--Weird experiences--Troubled dreams--Mysterious sounds--Ghost appears--H. C. sleeps the sleep of the just--Egyptian darkness--In the cold morning--Salvador keeps his word--Breakfast by candle-light--Romantic scene--Salvador turns to the world--Agreeable companion--Musician's nature--Miguel and the mule--Leaving the world behind--Darkness flies--St. Michael's chapel--Sunrise and glory--Marvellous scene--Magic atmosphere--Salvador's ecstasy--Consents to take luncheon--Heavenly strains--"Not farewell"--Departs in solitary sadness--Last of the funny monk 249

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