"I was at prayers, and heard this noise. . . . What is it?"
The Cardinal de Moreno now stood beside the dead body of his friend.
"Your Grace! and? . . ."
"Alas, Your Eminence!" replied Wessex, "Don Miguel de Suarez is dead."
"Alas, Your Eminence! Don Miguel de Suarez is dead."
The Cardinal made no comment, and the next moment was seen to stoop and pick up something from the ground.
"But how?" queried one of the gentlemen.
"A duel?" added another.
"No, not a duel, seemingly," said His Eminence softly. "Don Miguel's sword and dagger are both sheathed."