In other times he had walked on them carelessly, but now they were to be respected: his father lay among them.

When he reached the large cross he stopped and looked all around.

His companion stood confused and confounded, seeking some mark in the ground, but nowhere was any cross to be seen.
"Was it here ?" he murmured through his teeth.

"No, there! But the ground has been disturbed." Ibarra gave him a look of anguish.
"Yes," he went on, "I remember that there was a stone near it.

The grave was rather short.