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"And this Arellanos do you think, he has not revealed this secret to any one besides yourself?" "You must know," replied Cuchillo, "that it is a custom of the gambusinos, before starting upon any expedition, to swear before the Holy Evangelists not to reveal the bonanzas they may find without the consent of their associates.
Diaz was silent a moment; then having nothing more to advance in contradiction to the Canadian's truthful words whose honest manner of speech carried with it an irresistible conviction, he turned towards Pepe: "Did you," said he, "also recognise in Arellanos' adopted child, the Countess de Mediana's son!" "It would be impossible for any one who ever saw his mother long to mistake him.
"Do not pretend to misunderstand me!" cried Fabian, irritated by the knave's impudence. Cuchillo collected his thoughts. "If you allude to Tio Tomas, it is an affair which was never very well understood, but " Fabian opened his lips to form a distinct accusation with reference to the assassination of Arellanos, when Pepe broke in
Finally, at the end of half an hour or so, Tiburcio was sufficiently recovered to be able to raise himself up, and to answer the questions put to him by the man who was, in reality, the preserver of his life. Tiburcio Arellanos was still but a young man; but the sort of life he had led solitary, and dependent on his own resources had given to his judgment a precocious maturity.
Cuchillo on his part was reflecting on certain antecedents relative to the gambusino Arellanos and his adopted son; but for powerful reasons he did not mention his reflections to Don Estevan. There are reasons, however, why the reader should now be informed of their nature. The outlaw, as we have said, frequently changed his name.
"Were you paid for assassinating Marcos Arellanos?" At this astounding accusation a livid paleness overspread Cuchillo's features. He could no longer disguise from himself the fate that awaited him. The bandage which covered his eyes fell suddenly; and to the flattering delusions with which he had deceived himself succeeded a formidable reality.
In truth the physiognomy of Tiburcio Arellanos was of no ordinary character, and would have merited observation from one less interested in examining it than was Don Estevan Arechiza.
For all that, she may have revealed the secret to her son." "Arellanos had a son then?" "An adopted son a young man whose father or mother no one knows anything about." Don Estevan could not repress an involuntary movement. "This young fellow is, no doubt, the son of some poor devil of this province?" said the Spaniard, in a careless way.
In accordance with the laws of our frontier, where no court may be held, it is only the nearest relatives of the victim who are entitled to claim the blood of the murderer. "Don Tiburcio's youth was passed in this country. I knew him as the adopted son of Marcos Arellanos. "Who can prove that Tiburcio Arellanos is the son of the murdered lady?
Cuchillo quailed under this terrible irony, but made no reply. As yet Don Estevan had learnt nothing new. The essential object with him was to discover whether Tiburcio's passion was reciprocated: the rest was of little importance. In the behaviour of Rosarita there was certainly something that betrayed a tender compassion for the adopted son of Arellanos; but was this a sign of love?
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