Produced by Al Haines.
[Illustration: Cover]
[Illustration: THE ALGUAZILS PRODUCING THEIR WARRANT FOR ARREST.]
THE
SPANISH BROTHERS.
A Tale of the Sixteenth Century.
_By the Author of_
"_THE CZAR: A TALE OF THE FIRST NAPOLEON._"
&c. &c.
[Transcriber's note: Author was Deborah Alcock]
"Thy loving-kindness is better than life."
London
T. NELSON AND SONS, PATERNOSTER ROW.
EDINBURGH; AND NEW YORK.
1888.
CONTENTS.
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 DESENGANO
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 ISODRO
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"
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