"His Majesty's will is our law," he said.

"Anything that lies in our power, sir; though if you come for gold"-- The favorite laughed again.

"I've come for a thing a deal more precious, Sir Governor,--a thing worth more to me than all the treasure of the Indies with Manoa and El Dorado thrown in,--to wit, the thing upon which I've set my mind.

That which I determine to do, I do, sir, and the thing I determine to have, why, sooner or later, by hook or by crook, fair means or foul, I have it! I am not one to be crossed or defied with impunity." "I do not take your meaning, my lord," said the Governor, puzzled, but courteous.

"There are none here who would care to thwart, in any honorable enterprise, a nobleman so high in the King's favor.