The maiden, who was calm and half smiling, but whose eye was inflamed with hatred, walked up to Don Valentine, clasped her hands on his shoulder, and said, in a whisper—
"Have you read the Bible, father?"
"Yes; when I was young."
"Do you remember the history of Samson Delilah?"
"Do you mean to cut his hair off, then?"
"Do you remember Judith and Holofernes?"
"Then you mean to cut his head off?"
"No, father."
"What mean these strange questions?"
"I love Don Sylvio!"