The Spanish Brothers

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Deborah Alcock. The Spanish Brothers

I. Boyhood

II. The Monk's Letter

III. Sword and Cassock

IV. Alcala de Henarez

V. Don Carlos Forgets Himself

VI. Don Carlos Forgets Himself Still Further

VII. The Desengaño

VIII. The Muleteer

IX. El Dorado Found

X. Dolores

XI. The Light Enjoyed

XII. The Light Divided from the Darkness

XIII. Seville

XIV. The Monks of San Esodro

XV. The Great Sanbenito

XVI. Welcome Home

XVII. Disclosures

XVIII. The Aged Monk

XIX. Truth and Freedom

XX. The First Drop of a Thunder Shower

XXI. By the Guadalquivir

XXII. The Flood-Gates Opened

XXIII. The Reign of Terror

XXIV. A Gleam of Light

XXV. Waiting

XXVI. Don Gonsalvo's Revenge

XXVII. My Brother's Keeper

XXVIII. Reaping the Whirlwind

XXIX. A Friend at Court

XXX. The Captive

XXXI. Ministering Angels

XXXII. The Valley of the Shadow of Death

XXXIII. On the Other Side

XXXIV. Fray Sebastian's Trouble

XXXV. The Eve of the Auto

XXXVI "The Horrible and Tremendous Spectacle."29

XXXVII. Something Ended and Something Begun

XXXVIII. Nuera Again

XXXIX. Left Behind

XL "A Satisfactory Penitent."

XLI. More about the Penitent

XLII. Quiet Days

XLIII. El Dorado Found Again

XLIV. One Prisoner Set Free

XLV. Triumphant

XLVI. Is it too Late?

XLVII. The Dominican Prior

XLVIII. San Isodro Once More

XLIX. Farewell

Отрывок из книги

Fray Sebastian Gomez, to the Honourable Señor Felipe de Santa Maria, Licentiate of Theology, residing at Alcala de Henarez, commonly called Complutum.

Thus, with averted face, or head shaken doubtfully, or murmured "Ay de mi," the world spoke of him, of whom his own children, happy at least in this, knew scarce anything, save words that seemed like a cry of joy.

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"Are you then a heretic?" Carlos exclaimed, recoiling involuntarily, as one who suddenly sees the plague spot on the forehead of a friend whose hand he has been grasping.

"That depends upon your notion of a heretic, señor. Many a better man than I has been branded with the name. Even the great preacher Don Fray Constantino, whom all the fine lords and ladies in Seville flock to hear, has often been called heretic by his enemies."

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