The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-08-11

lifted veil and the rest. so At length Betty
closed her case. reserving the right TO
address the court after she had heard that
Of the Marquis.
Now the King. Queen and their assessors
consulted for a little while, for evidently
there vas "A division Of opinion among
them. some thinking that the case should
be stopped AZ once INT referred TO another
tribunal and others that IL should go on.
At length the Queen was heard to say
that at least the Marquis Of Morella should
be allowed to make his statement, AZ he
might be able to prove that all this story
was n fabrication and hat he was not even
at Granada at the time when the marriage
was alleged TO have taken place.
The King and the alcaldes assenting. the
Marquis was sworn and told his story,
admitting hat Il was not n which no
wished 10 repeat in public. He narrated
how he first met Margaret. Betty and Peter
at a public ceremony In b0ndon and had
then and there fallen In love with Margaret
and accompanied her home TO the house OF
her father. the merchant John Castell.
Subsequently he discovered that this
Castell, who had fed from Spain with his
father in childhood, was that lowest OF
mankind. an u~nconverted Jew who posed
as o Christian lat this statement there was
a great sensation in court, and the Queens
face hardened. although II 10 true that he
had married a Christian lady and that his
daughter had been baptized and brought
up as a Christian. Of which faith she was a
loyal member. Nor did abe know-as he
b~elieved-that her father was a Jew. since
otherwise he would not have con tinued
to seek her as his wife. Their Majesties
would be aware. he went on. that owing to
reasons with which they were acquainted he
had means Of getting at the truth of these
matters concerning the Jews In England. as
to which, indeed. he had already written
to them. although. owing to his shipwreck
and to the pressure Of his private affairs. he
had not yet made his report on his embassy
in person.
Continuing. he said that he admitted that
he had made love to the serving woman
Betty, in order to gain access to Margaret,
whose father mistrusted him, knowing
something OF his mission. She was q per-
son Of no character.
Here Betty rose and said in q clear voice:
Il declare the Marquis Of Morella to be
a knave and a liar. There In more good
CIdT III lily Httto hlbktf LILO III I'M
whole body, and" abe added, than in
that Of his mother before him"-an allusion
at which the Marquis flushed, while, salts
fed for the present with this home thrust.
Betty sat down.
He had proposed TO Margaret, but she
was not willing 10 marry him, as he found
that she was afianoed to a distant cousin
of hers. the Senior Peter Bronze. a swash-
IL Il - T. A--..LI- - IL .I.--
of a man in London as he had killed the
soldier OF the Holy Hermandsd in Spain.
Therefore In his despair, being deeply
enamored of her and knowing that he
could offer her great place and fortune,
he conceived the idea Of carrying her OF,
and to do so was obliged. much against
his will, to abduct Betty also.
So after many adventures they came
to Granada, where he was able TO show
the Doha Margaret that the Senior Peter
Bronze was employing his imprisonment
in making love to that member of his house,
hold, Inez, who had been spoken Of, but
now could not be found.
Here Peter, who could bear this no longer,
arose and called him q liar TO his face. say
ing that il he had the opportunity he would
prove it on his body. but was ordered by
the king to sit down and be silent.
Having beer convinced Of her lovers
unfaithfulness. the Marquis went on, the
Dona Margaret had at length consented
to become his wife on condition that her
father, the Senior Bronze, and her servant.
Betty Dene, were allowed to escape from
Granada
where" remarked the Queen, you had
no right to detain them. Marquis. Except,
perhaps, the father. John Castell," she
added significantly.
Where, he admitted with sorrow, he nae
no right to detain them.
Therefore," vent on the Queen acutely,
there wa no consideration for this promise
Of marriages. point at which the lawyers
nodded approvingly.
The Marquis submitted that there was a
consideration, that at any rate the Dona
Margaret wished IL. On the day arranged
for the wedding the prisoners were let go,
disguised as Moors. but he now knew that
through the trickery of the oma Ihez,
who he believed had been bribed by
Castell and his fellow Jews, the Doha Mar
garet escaped in place OF her servant Betty.
with whom he subsequently went through
the form of marriage. believing her TO be
Margaret.
As regards the embrace before the cere-
mony. il took place in a Swallowed room,
and he thought Betty's face and hair must
lave been painted and dyed to resemble
those Of Margaret. For the rest he was
certain that the ceremonial cup OF wine
that he drank before he led the woman to
the altar was drugged, since he only re-
membered the marriage itself very dimly
and after that nothing at all until he woke
upon the following morning with IN aching
brow to see Betty sitting by him. As for
the power Of administration which she
produced. being perfectly mad at the time
with rage n disappointment and sure
that il he stopped there any longer he should
commit the crime Of killing this woman
who had deceived him 30 cruelty, he ave
it that he might escape from her. Their
Majesties would notice also that it was in
favor OF the Marchioness of Morells. As
this marriage was null and void there was
no Marchioness Of Morella. Therefore
the document was null and void also. That
was the truth. and all he had to say.
CHAPTER xxi.