What sort of a man is he ?" Sir John had heard much of Charles Gould in Sta.

Marta, and wanted to know more.

The engineer-in-chief assured him that the administrator of the San Tome silver mine had an immense influence over all these Spanish Dons.

He had also one of the best houses in Sulaco, and the Gould hospitality was beyond all praise.
"They received me as if they had known me for years," he said.

"The little lady is kindness personified.