14/118 Let two men lay hold of her and put her back on the wharf, by main force, if necessary." But Toni hesitated, not daring to comply with such commands. And the impetuous Ferragut rushed outside of his cabin to do himself what had been ordered. It was Caragol, who was trying to block the passage of a woman; but she, laughing and taking advantage of his purblind eyes, was slipping little by little in between his body and the wooden partition. "I knew well enough that you were here, in spite of the fact that these men were assuring me to the contrary.... |