Victorian. Since yesterday I’ve been in Alcala.

Ere long the time will come, sweet Preciosa,

When that dull distance shall no more divide us,

And I no more shall scale thy wall by night

To steal a kiss from thee, as I do now.

Preciosa. An honest thief, to steal but what thou givest.

Spanish Student.

BULWER-LYTTON.

Melnotte. I hold her in these arms—the last embrace!