Is he a knave, or only a harmless braggart?
Is he a man against whom one should be seriously on his guard?
Don Luis's manners, in general, I admire, but I don't quite like the cruel expression about his month when he laughs.

However, that may be the way of the country, and I may be the victim of prejudice.

Anyway, as far as Harry and I are concerned, we needn't worry much about the kind of man Don Luis is.

The few thousands of dollars that he will owe us as his engineers we are pretty certain to get, for Don Luis is a very wealthy man, and he couldn't afford to cheat us.

For the rest, all he wants us to do is to work hard as engineers and show him how to get more valuable ore out of his mines.