If I exaggerate, if the danger be not so pressing as I fear, he is just the man to tell me; but, first of all, I will go into my room and destroy this confounded letter.

The _posadero_ did not see it.

All that he can say is--" "In the king's name!" exclaimed a rough voice behind me; and a heavy hand was laid on my arm.
Turning sharply round, I found myself confronted by an officer of police and four alguazils, all armed to the teeth.
"I arrest you in the king's name," repeated the officer.
"On what charge ?" I asked.
"Treason.

Giving aid and comfort to the king's enemies, and acting as a medium of communication between rebels against his authority." "Very well; I am ready to accompany you," I said, seeing that, for the moment at least, resistance and escape were equally out of the question; "but the charge is false." "That I have nothing to do with.

The case is one for the military tribunal.