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When Ramon Alonzo read his father's letter a fear came into his daydreams, and he stood a long while wondering. Peter stood before him gazing into his face, and Anemone by his side was quietly reading his thoughts; and both saw trouble there, rushing up black and suddenly to darken the coming years. And there he stayed while two phrases went up and down amidst his dismayed thoughts -- "the daughter of some illustrious house" and "well established in honour before the coming of the Moors. " What should he do? Were those two phrases to wither away his happiness? And yet what way of escape? Hope herself seemed blind to it.
"What is the matter? " Anemone said, as he stood there still and silent.