We cannot entrust the secret to anyone, for no living soul in these parts would dare to convey any message to the disadvantage of the mysterious Fatia Negra.

I myself dare not do it.

I too am afraid of him.

I am sure that if he found it out, and he is sure to do so, my days would be numbered." "Yet I know someone who will take this message to the hut of Juon Tare." "Not your ladyship, I hope ?" "No.

Even if I knew my way among these mountains I would not venture to expose myself to the perils of such a journey after my last experience; since then I have grown timid and nervous.