Or--I do not restrict you--you can say what you like, provided she don't get it until we have left." "And you make of me a prisoner, sir ?" "No; a visitor, Don Caesar--a visitor whose conversation is so interesting that I am forced to detain him to hear more.

You can pass the time pleasantly by finishing the story I was obliged to interrupt a moment ago.

Do you know this mother of Miss Yerba, of whom you spoke ?" "That's m--my affair." "That means you don't know her.

If you did, you'd have had her within call.

And, as she is the only person who is able to say that Miss Yerba is NOT an Arguello, you have been very remiss." "Ah, bah! I am not one of your--a--lawyers." "No; or you would know that, with no better evidence than you have, you might be sued for slander." "Ah! Why does not Miss Yerba sue, then ?" "Because she probably expects that somebody will shoot you." "As YOU for instance ?" "Perhaps." "And if you do NOT--eh ?--you have not stop my mouth, but your own.