to you respecting him:" and in a few words he related what had passed the preceding night in the tent.
"Impossible!" cried Roderick, "you must have been dreaming, Edric! What communication would the boy hold with Alvarez? You know he is dumb. Besides, even if Alvarez were inclined to plot against me, he is too prudent and reserved to make a confidant of a beardless boy!"
"I simply relate the facts as they occurred," said Edric; "I do not pretend to explain them. But I can assure you, I was neither dreaming nor delirious."
"It is very strange!" repeated Roderick musing, "and it corresponds remarkably with what I have observed myself." For some moments he remained lost in thought; but it was not in his gay and joyous nature to suffer any thing to depress him long; and the next instant, Alexis was forgotten.
The fall of Seville, and the destruction of the army sent to defend it, produced a powerful effect upon the destinies of Spain. The
