He was only a _teniente_ of guerillas when we parted some ten years ago." "They are all generals now, my dear sir, and as plentiful as frogs in my native land.

If you are ever in doubt as to the rank of a Venezolano, you are always safe in addressing him as a general.

Yes, I fancy you will find your friend alive.

At any rate, there is a General Carmen, rather a leading man among the Blues, I think, and sometimes spoken of as a probable president.

You will, of course, put up at the Hotel de los Generales.