The present story, "Our Lady of the Seven Daggers", was published in 1927 and was inspired by a trip to Granada. The Spanish hero, Guzmán del Pulgar, is neither a Don Quixote nor a charming Sevillian Don Juan Mozartian style, but an offspring of ruthless Conquistadores. His downfall is the writer's ironic response to the unfiltered self-perception of a proud, heroic "grandee" and his exposure as a brutal racist and bigot and a striking example of Vernon Lee's extremely lively way of portraying sensory impressions and her sharp-tongued, satirical tone.