Cisternas

He is able to speak with her and learns that the Nun was Raymond's distant relation, Beatrice de las Cisternas, who had lived a hundred years ago.

Lewis/Gounod's Bleeding Nonne: An Introduction and Translation of the Scribe/Delavigne Libretto 2005

‘You forget, that She is also the Grand-daughter of the late Marquis de las Cisternas; But without disputing about birth and titles, I must assure you, that I never beheld a Woman so interesting as Antonia.’

The Monk 2004

It was addressed to the Marquis de las Cisternas, and the contents were as follows.

The Monk 2004

Then consider not Antonia as descended from the Conde de la Cisternas: Consider her as a poor and unprotected Orphan, as the Grand-child of the Tradesman Torribio

The Monk 2004

My Daughter will be left without Parents, and should She lose the protection of the Cisternas family, without

The Monk 2004

For this purpose, having committed Raymond to the care of the best Physicians in Madrid, He quitted the Hotel de las Cisternas, and bent his course towards the

The Monk 2004

He became a very Proteus, changing his shape every day; but all his metamorphoses were to very little purpose: He regularly returned to the Palace de las Cisternas without any intelligence to confirm his

The Monk 2004

Cisternas in opposition to the will of his Relations; Many an heart-pang has punished me for the imprudent step.

The Monk 2004

Faint with the loss of blood, I could scarcely thank him for his seasonable aid, and entreat him to let some of his Servants convey me to the Hotel de las Cisternas.

The Monk 2004

Delighted that at length He had obtained some intelligence for the Marquis, He flew rather than ran, till He reached the Hotel de las Cisternas.

The Monk 2004