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"Ah! there it is!" cried he, quickly emptying the contents of the

glass which he held in his hand. "Ah! there it is! the fine

sheet! I rejoice to see it. I know these arms; I know what this

pagan head means with a noose around its neck." (The

proclamations of that time were headed by the arms of the

governor, and in those of Don Gonzalo Fernandez de Cordova was

seen a Moorish king, chained by the throat.) "This face means,

Command who can, and obey who will. When the Signor Don -- shall

have been sent to the galleys-well, well, I know what I would

say-I have seen another leaf just like this. When he shall have

so taken measures that an honest young man can, without

molestation, marry her to whom he is betrothed, and by whom he is

beloved, then I will tell my name to this face, and will give him

a kiss in the bargain. I may have very good reasons for not

telling my name; it's a fine thing, truly!