See to it, _capitan_.

Tell them at the _carcel_ that Senor Fortescue may see a priest in his own room this evening.

_Adios senor!_" And with that my three judges rose from their seats and bowed as politely as if they were parting with an honored guest.

Though this proceeding struck me as being both ghastly and grotesque, I returned the greeting in due form, and made my best bow.

I learned afterward that I had really been treated with exceptional consideration, and might esteem myself fortunate in not being condemned without trial and strangled without notice..