Date: 1865
Then again a fierce irritation supported her.  She had been sacrificed to the cold heartless pride that had counted her happiness and her misery for nothing ; she had been refused to the man she lov.ed, and promised to a stranger, as if she had been a slave, a machine , or a piece of merchandise.  But now, when the proud Spaniard would arrive and claim his bride, what would her stUl prouder father answer ?