He suppressed a gesture of fright on recognising the horseman of whom we are speaking.
"Zeno Cabral!" murmured he. "What does this man do in the convent?"
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[CHAPTER IV.]
THE INTERVIEW.
The French painter was not deceived. It was indeed Zeno Cabral, the Montonero chief, whom he had seen enter the convent.
The portress walked with a hasty step, without turning her head, before the young man, who appeared plunged in sorrowful and painful reflections.
They proceeded thus for a considerable time through the corridors, without exchanging a word; but at the moment when they had reached the entry of the first cloister, the chief stopped, and lightly touching the arm of his conductress—