Spanish Vistas
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Many months she haunted the spot at night, calm but hopelessly insane, and weeping silently at the margin of the well, into whose waters her salt tears de- Digitized by Google THE LOST CITY. 65 scended. At length there came a night when she did not return to the house. She had thrown herself into the well and was found there — dead !
** Never again could any one drink its waters, which had been famous for their quality. Raquel's tears of sorrow had turned them bitter." The other legend is still... more marvellous: "In the reign of En- rique IV. of Spain there was fierce rivalry between two Toledan fami- lies, the Silvas and the Ayalas, which in 1467 led to open warfare. The Silvas threw themselves into the castle, and the Ayalas held the cathe- dral — the blood shed in their combats staining the very feet of its altars.
During this struggle of hatred there was also a struggle of love going on between two younger members of the embroiled families. Diego de Ayala, setting at naught the pride of his house, had given his heart to Isabel, the daughter of a poor hidalgo ; but it so happened that his enemy, Don Lope de Silva, had resolved to win the same maiden, though receiving no encouragment from her.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Many months she haunted the spot at night, calm but hopelessly insane, and weeping silently at the margin of the well, into whose waters her salt tears de- Digitized by Google THE LOST CITY. 65 scended. At length there came a night when she did not return to the house. She had thrown herself into the well and was found there — dead !
** Never again could any one drink its waters, which had been famous for their quality. Raquel's tears of sorrow had turned them bitter." The other legend is still... more marvellous: "In the reign of En- rique IV. of Spain there was fierce rivalry between two Toledan fami- lies, the Silvas and the Ayalas, which in 1467 led to open warfare. The Silvas threw themselves into the castle, and the Ayalas held the cathe- dral — the blood shed in their combats staining the very feet of its altars.
During this struggle of hatred there was also a struggle of love going on between two younger members of the embroiled families. Diego de Ayala, setting at naught the pride of his house, had given his heart to Isabel, the daughter of a poor hidalgo ; but it so happened that his enemy, Don Lope de Silva, had resolved to win the same maiden, though receiving no encouragment from her.
What to read after Spanish Vistas?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Lathrop, George Parsons, 1851-1898 to read onlineMoreLess
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