15/16 I think senores, we may grant Senor Fortescue's request. Instead of being strangled, you shall be shot by a firing party of the regiment of Cordova, and you may see a priest. We would not have you die unshriven, and I will myself see that your body is laid in consecrated ground. When would you like the priest to visit you ?" "This evening, senor president. There will not be much time to-morrow morning." "That is true. |