ard
Fray Ignatius say so. He did not approve of him."

"Mi madre, let us hear what is to be said. Rachela told me, I must fast
on a Friday, and cut my nails on a Wednesday, and never cut them on a
Sunday, and take medicine on a Monday, and look after money on Tuesday,
and pay calls and give gifts on Saturday; very well, I do not think much
of Rachela; just suppose, for the passing of the time, that we listen to
what Quevedo says."

"Here are four against me; well, then, proceed, Senor."

"'On Monday,' says the wise and witty one, buy all that you can meet
with, and take all that is to be had for nothing. On Tuesday, receive
all that is given you; for it is Mar's day, and he will look on you with
an ill aspect if you refuse the first proffer and have not a second. On
Wednesday, ask of all you meet; perhaps Mercury may give some one vanity
enough to grant you something. Thursday is a good day to believe nothing
that flatterers say. Friday it is well to shun creditors. On Saturday
it is well to lie long abed, to walk at your ease, to eat a good dinner,
and to wear comfortable shoes; because Saturn is old, and loves his
ease.'"

"And Sunday, Senor?"

"Pardon, Senorita Isabel, Sunday comes not into a pasquinade. Senora,
let me tell you that it draws near to eleven. If we leave now we shall
reach San Antonio in time to say the prayer of gratitude before the
blessed day of the seven is past."

"Holy Mary! that is what I should desire. Come, my children; I thank
you, Senor, for such a blessed memory. My heart is indeed full of joy
and thankfulness."

A slight disappointment, however, awaited the Senora. Without asking any
questions, without taking anything into consideration, perhaps, indeed,
because she feared to ask or consider, she had assumed that she would
immediately re-enter her own home. With the unreason of a child, she had
insisted upon expecting that somehow, or by some not explained efforts,
she would find her house precisely as she left it. Little had been said
of its occupancy by Fray Ignatius and his brothers; perhaps she did not
quite believe in the statement; perhaps she expected Fray Ignatius to
respect the arrangements which he knew had been so dear to her.

It was therefore a trial--indeed, something of a shock--when she found
they were to be the guests of Navarro, and when it was made clear to her
that her own home had been dismantled and rearranged and was still in
the possession of the Church. B