A mischance forces me to this." "A mischance ?" "Yes.

On my way here I met the alferez and he forced his company on me.

I thought of you and remembered that he knows you, so to get away from him I told him that I was going to that town.

I'll have to stay there all day, since he will look for me tomorrow afternoon." "I appreciate your thoughtfulness, but you might simply have invited him to accompany you," answered Elias naturally.
"What about you ?" "He wouldn't have recognized me, since the only time he ever saw me he wasn't in a position to take careful note of my appearance." "I'm in bad luck," sighed Ibarra, thinking of Maria Clara.

"What did you have to tell me ?" Elias looked about him.