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THE PEARL OF LIMA.

BY ANNE T. WILBUR.

_Graham's American Monthly Magazine of Literature, Art, and Fashion
(1844-1858)_; Apr 1853; VOL. XLII., No. 4; APS pg. 422




THE PEARL OF LIMA.

A STORY OF TRUE LOVE.

TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH OF M. JULES VERNE.


BY ANNE T. WILBUR.




Transcriber's Note:

    Minor typographical errors have been corrected without note.
    Inconsistent hyphenation and spellings have been standardised,
    whilst variant and unique spellings remain as printed. For the
    reader's ease, although not present in the original text, a brief
    table of contents has been included below:

         I. THE PLAZA-MAYOR.
        II. EVENING IN THE STREETS OF LIMA.
       III. THE JEW EVERY WHERE A JEW.
        IV. A SPANISH GRANDEE.
         V. THE HATRED OF THE INDIANS.
        VI. THE BETROTHAL.
       VII. ALL INTERESTS AT STAKE.
      VIII. CONQUERORS AND CONQUERED.
        IX. THE CATARACTS OF THE MADEIRA.




CHAPTER I.

THE PLAZA-MAYOR.


The sun had disappeared behind the snowy peaks of the Cordilleras; but
the beautiful Peruvian sky long retains, through the transparent veil of
night, the reflection of his rays; the atmosphere is impregnated with a
refreshing coolness, which in these burning latitudes affords freedom of
breath; it is the hour in which one can live a European life, and seek
without on the