The Alhambra . IMPORTANT NEGOTIATIONS 81 monest kind. We assured her we could bivouac on the could supply our table, but only in her own simple way :—we wanted nothing better. Her niece, Dolores, would waitupon us : and at the word we threw up our hats and the bargainwas complete. The very next day we took up our abode in the palace, andnever did sovereigns share a divided throne with more perfectharmony. Several days passed by like a dream, when my. worthy associate, being summoned to Madrid on diplomaticduties, was compelled to abdicate, leaving me sole monarch ofthis shadowy realm
The Alhambra . IMPORTANT NEGOTIATIONS 81 monest kind. We assured her we could bivouac on the could supply our table, but only in her own simple way :—we wanted nothing better. Her niece, Dolores, would waitupon us : and at the word we threw up our hats and the bargainwas complete. The very next day we took up our abode in the palace, andnever did sovereigns share a divided throne with more perfectharmony. Several days passed by like a dream, when my. worthy associate, being summoned to Madrid on diplomaticduties, was compelled to abdicate, leaving me sole monarch ofthis shadowy realm. For myself, being in a manner a hap-hazard loiterer about the world, and prone to linger in itspleasant places, here have I been suffering day by day to stealaway unheeded, spell-bound, for aught I know, in this old en-chanted pile. Having always a companionable feeling for myreader, and being prone to live with him on confidential terms,I shall make it a point to communicate to him my reveries andresearches during this state of delicious thraldom. If they have G 82 THE ALHAMBRA the power of imparting to his imagination any of the witchingcharms of the place, he will not repine at lingering with me fora season in the legendary halls of the Alhambra. And first it is proper to give him some idea of my domestic
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