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"If this rash fellow fall in your way by chance," added Don

Roderick, "you had best give him, on his shoulders, something he

will remember; so that he will be more likely to obey the order

to remain quiet, which he will receive to-morrow. Do you hear?"

"Yes, yes, leave it to me," said Griso, as, with an air of

importance, he took his leave.

The morning was spent in reconnoitring,-the mendicant of whom we

have spoken was Griso; the others were the villains whom he

employed, to gain a more perfect knowledge of the scene of

action. They returned to the palace to arrange and mature the

enterprise;-all these mysterious movements were not effected

without rousing the suspicions of the old domestic, who, partly

by listening, and partly by conjecture, came to the knowledge of

the concerted attempt of the evening. This knowledge came a

little too late, for already a body of ruffians were laying in

wait in the old house. However, the poor old man, although well

aware of the dangerous game he played, did not fail to perform

his promise; he left the palace on some slight pretence, and

hurried to the convent.