“And who are you, beautiful lady, that are thus solitary in the Savannahs? are you one of us or some blessed spirit that is permitted to walk the earth. We are good and true catholics, do not harm us, we beseech you.” The two horsemen here devoutly crossed themselves respectively.
“I am no spirit,” answered Feliciana, “but an unfortunate lady, who is flying to the rescue of—of—her—husband: pray take me on with you, and I shall reward you, as I have said.”
The horsemen mused, and whispered to each other for a moment. Then one of them dismounted.
“Senora,” he said, “Heaven forbid that we should ever commit the crime of leaving a lady in the wilds without shelter or protection. Allow me to assist you in mounting my horse.”
Feliciana was supported on the saddle. The three persons then proceeded on their journey. The horsemen changed places alternately at the various stages of the journey; and while one walked at the side of Feliciana’s horse, the other rode by turns, until they arrived in the environs of the town of Guiria, where Feliciana found a number of opportunities to continue her wanderings in search of Appadocca.
CHAPTER XXIV.
“How would you be,
If He, who is the top of judgment, should
But judge you as you are? O, think on that;