These, the young girl, whom we have seen, carefully avoided; crossing in the middle of the numerous squares scattered about the city, she arrived, without interruption, at the bridge of the Rimac, listening to catch the slightest sound--which her emotion exaggerated, and hearing only the bells of a train of mules conducted by its _arriero_, or the joyous _stribillo_ of some Indian. This young girl was called Sarah, and was returning to the house of the Jew Samuel, her father; she was clad in a _saya_ of satin--a kind of petticoat of a dark color, plaited in elastic folds, and very narrow at the bottom, which compelled her to take short steps, and gave her that graceful delicacy peculiar to the Limanienne ladies; this petticoat, ornamented with lace and flowers, was in part covered with a silk mantle, which was raised above the head and enveloped it like a hood; stockings of exquisite fineness and little satin shoes peeped out beneath the graceful _saya_; bracelets of great value encircled the arms of the young girl, whose rich toilet was of exquisite taste, and her whole person redolent of that charm so well expressed by the Spanish word _donaire_. Milleflores might well say to Andre Certa that his betrothed had nothing of the Jewess but the name, for she was a faithful specimen of those admirable senoras whose beauty is above all praise. The duenna, an old Jewess, whose countenance was expressive of avarice and cupidity, was a devoted servant of Samuel, who paid her liberally. At the moment when these two women entered the suburb of San Lazaro, a man, clad in the robe of a monk, and with his head covered with a cowl, passed near them and looked at them attentively. This man, of tall stature, possessed a countenance expressive of gentleness and benevolence; it was Padre Joachim de Camarones; he threw a glance of intelligence on Sarah, who immediately looked at her follower. The latter was still grumbling, muttering and whining, which prevented her seeing any thing; the young girl turned toward the good father and made a graceful sign with her hand. "Well, senora," said the old woman, sharply, "is it not enough to have been insulted by these Christians, that you should stop to look at a priest?" Sarah did not reply. "Shall we see you one day, with rosary in hand, engaged in the ceremonies of the church?" The ceremonies of the church--_las funciones de iglesia_--are the great business of the Limanian ladies. "You make strange suppositions," replied the young girl, blushing. "Strange as your conduct! What would my master Samuel say, if he knew what had taken place this evening?" "Am I to blame because a brutal muleteer chose to address me?" "I understand, senora," said the old woman, shaking her head, "and will not speak of the _gaucho_." "Then the young man did wrong in defending me from the abuse of the populace?" "Is it the first time the Indian has thrown himself in your way?"