"_Y el otro_ ?" (And the other ?), pointing to me.

I replied for myself, "_Federico_." The man seemed not to catch the word and badly repeated it after me.

"_No, no_," said the much quicker woman, "_Federico! Federico! si, senor, nosotros tenemos un Federico, tambien_," (Yes, sir, and we have a Frederick, also).

"Ah, and where is he ?" "He will come, sir; we have four boys, Luca and Pedrito, Castolo and Federico; Federico is the baby; the little girl, here, is between him and Castolo; they are working in the coffee-field, but they will soon be here." At nine o'clock the little fellows appeared.

They lined up in the order of age, placed their hands behind them, and waited to be addressed.