Excerpt from The Houses of Osma and Almeria; Or Convent of St. Ildefonso: A Tale But she was here again disappointed. In hopes, however, the father might yet come, she resolved on remaining here a little while but had scarcely done so, when she was driven from the spot by the ap proaching voice of the duke, in conversation with the Abbot; and by whom she was aware she could not be discovered here, without inquiries being ex cited that must lead to the consequences she wished to prevent: A door in an obscure part of the Cloisters afforded her the means of retreating. Ou passing through 1t, she found herself m a lonely aisle, in which she had not before been, the cloisters having hitherto been the utmost limit to which she had advanced, lit at the further end by one magnificent window of stai ned glass, and leading immediately to that wing which, owing to the great extent of the building, it had not been deemed requisite to repair, on the reconquest of the province in which it was situated, from the Saracens. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.