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I am obliged to be severe sometimes, much to my regret. But there is only one way of dealing with a rebellion you must stamp it out; civil war is not as other wars. Why not join us, Señor Fortescue? I will give you a command." "That is quite out of the question, General Griscelli; I am not a mere soldier of fortune.
On our way thither, Mejia told us that he had taken and destroyed Tres Cruces, and was now contemplating an attack on General Griscelli at San Felipe, as to which he asked my opinion. I answered that, as I knew nothing either of the defense of San Felipe or of the strength and character of the force commanded by General Griscelli, I could give none.
But, instead of answering, Guzman went forward to meet Griscelli. I followed him. "Good-evening, gentlemen," said the general; "I am glad you are so punctual. I have brought your friend, Señor Fortescue. As you were taken together, it seems only right that you should be released together. It would be a pity to separate such good friends. You see, I am as good as my word. You don't speak.
It remained to be proved, he said, that Griscelli was a burglar, and his death accidental. And even burglars had their rights. The law assumed them to be innocent until they were proved to be guilty, and it could be permitted neither to Mr. Fortescue nor to any other man to take people's lives, merely because he suspected them of an intention to come in by the window instead of the door.
I never knew him let a prisoner go before, and I know of no reason why he should treat you more leniently than he treats others. Do you?" "No. He is more likely to bear me a grudge," and then I told Guzman what had befallen at Salamanca. "That makes it still less probable that he will let you go away quietly. Griscelli never forgives, and to-day's fiasco has put him in a devil of a temper.
We are only just in time. Two minutes later the hounds, with a great crash, burst out of the forest, followed at a short interval by half a dozen horsemen. "Curse this brimstone! It has ruined the scent," I heard Griscelli say, as the hounds threw up their heads and came to a dead stop. "If I had thought those ladrones would run hither I would not have given them twenty minutes, much less forty.
Once Griscelli and Sheba, who appeared to be queen of the pack, came so near the pool that if we had not promptly lowered our heads to the level of the water they would certainly have seen us. "I am afraid they have given us the slip," I heard Griscelli say. "There is not a particle of scent.
Why, I asked myself, had Griscelli, who was never known to spare a prisoner, whose face was both cruel and false, and who could bear me no good-will why had this man treated me so courteously? Did he really mean to let me go, and if so, why; or was the promise made to the ear merely to be broken to the hope?
I had no fear of Griscelli breaking in at the front door; but the house was not burglar-proof, and, as it happened, the weak point in our defence was one of the windows of Mr. Fortescue's bedroom. It looked into the orchard, and, by climbing a tree which grew hard by, an active man could easily reach it, even without a ladder. The danger was all the greater, as, when the weather was mild, Mr.
But, on the other hand, it is equally possible that Griscelli may have got wind of our intention, and " "There it is again! Something more than a wild animal this time, Fortescue," exclaims Carmen, springing to his feet.
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