"But what of this poor sinner here ?" Then changing his tone.

"Senor, by the necessities of the times I live here in exile, a Castilian and an old Christian, existing miserably in the midst of these brute Asturians, and dependent on the worst of them all, who has less conscience and scruples than a wolf.

And being a man of intelligence I govern myself accordingly.

Yet I can hardly contain my scorn.

You have heard the way I spoke.