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 gigantic size, and Don Romero, who was of a dwarfish stature. The chapel, which served also as a parish church to the adjacent village, was at a good distance from the castle, to which it joined by a subterraneous corridor. The plan being settled and all the parts duly distributed, some of the company followed Braggart, and others to get the start of him, introduced themselves into the chapel through the corridor.

The night was rather dark, but some weak glimpses of the half-clouded stars still enabled one to descry objects at a distance. The baron seemed to stop cautiously before every bush, and slackened his pace on approaching the church-yard wall. At last he opened the gate, and flashing at every cross which projected from the quiet graves with his naked sword. This knightly manœuvre had insensibly drawn him out of the path, and stumbling from one turf over auotheranother [sic], he arrived at the chapel not till several minutes after we had entered it by taking a bye way. He had likewise missed the principal gate, and it was almost impossible for him to reach the