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204 “Then as long as Ramona is here, everything will be just as it always has been?” said Felipe.

The Señora smiled sadly. “Dear Felipe, do you think that possible? A girl who has announced her determination to disobey not only you and me, but Father Salvierderra, who is going to bring disgrace both on the Moreno and the Ortegna name,—we can't feel exactly the same towards her as we did before, can we?”

Felipe made an impatient gesture. “No, of course not. But I mean, is everything to be just the same, outwardly, as it was before?”

“I supposed so,” said the Señora. “Was not that your idea? We must try to have it so, I think. Do not you?”

“Yes,” groaned Felipe, “if we can!”