But neither they nor the _jefe politico_ were to be bluffed.

So we marched into the corridor, lighted candles and got to work.

When those lacking to make our full hundred had been measured, we proposed to let the others go, but they were not to be thus got rid of, and insisted on being measured as such were the orders of the governor.

We were not through until long after dark, and we were ravenously hungry.
This delegation was one of the most attractive, clean, and intelligent with whom we had dealt.

It was from Los Reyes, a little town at a distance of about half a league.