Remember, henceforth the life of the Count de Minas and all that he possesses is at your service." When the interpreter had translated this, Jack said in some confusion, "I am very glad, count, to have been of service to you.

It was a piece of good fortune, indeed, on my part that I happened so providentially to ride along at the right moment.

I was about this morning to do myself the honor of calling to inquire how the countess and yourself were after the terrible scene of yesterday." "The countess prayed me to bring you round to her," the count said.
"Will you do me the honor of accompanying me now ?" Jack at once assented, and, followed by the interpreter, proceeded with the count to his house.

The room into which the count led him was not that in which the fray had taken place the day before.

The countess rose as they entered, and Jack saw that, though still pale and shaken by the events of the previous day, she was a singularly beautiful woman.
"Ah, senor," she said, advancing to meet him, and taking his hand and laying it against her heart, "how can I thank you for the lives of my husband and my boy! One more minute and you would have arrived too late.
It seemed to me as if heaven had opened and an angel had come to our aid when you entered." Jack colored up hotly as the interpreter translated the words.