ran out and found all the company before the gate of the house, complaining of the carriage having gone without them. "Suspecting foul play," concluded he "I ran as hard as I could to overtake the thieves." Fully satisfied with this account, I bade him follow us, and proceeding a little farther, found all the ladies and my friends returning to town on foot. They began to reproach me with playing them such a trick, when I answered, that I had had a narrow escape, and durst tell them no more, but the two coachmen would give them sufficient information.
They all seemed astonished and urged me to explain, but telling them, that such a step would inevitably cost me my life, they, with great reluctance, desisted from farther enquiries.
"This disagreeable adventure added to many others, made me resolve to quite Toledo immediately, and Count Selami coincided with me in opinion. He also made me such discoveries respecting Don Bernardos and himself, from which I could easily conclude, that they were both under the influence of the Mystic Cabal, which had also occasioned them many reverses and misfortunes.
