So does Southworth! She marries Capitola off to boring Herbert, firm stalwart manly hero of the Mexican-American War, but she knows just as well as we do that Black Donald is Capitola's true match. Perhaps Capitola will have to rescue him from bandits (ACTUALLY bad bandits, unlike Black Donald) and nurse him back to health while also keeping the bandits at bay with nothing but a pistol and her wits?