"Do you not understand?
You are a prisoner, nor are you ever likely to be much better off than that.

A complaint of the treatment of these Americans, Reade and Hazelton, was forwarded to our government by the American minister in Mexico City.

The complaint mentioned that the governor of Bonista was a confederate of yours in more than one underhanded bit of business.

On account of the urgings of the American minister to this country, I was despatched here to investigate, and with authority to arrest the governor of Bonista, if necessary, and any other rogues." "That's a lie!" snarled Don Luis.

"How could the American minister learn what was going on in this country?
These mountains of Bonista have never told my secrets." "They did, for this one time," Tom broke in, gleefully.