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Updated: May 14, 2025
"He is," laughed José; "and nothing will ever kill him, in my opinion!" "Don't you think we might join him?" I asked, my blood being fired by José's description. "Well," said my companion, after a pause, "that's what I was about to suggest. You must throw in somewhere, and I'm not over anxious for Sorillo to get hold of you.
They sat quite still, as if the remarks had been addressed to others. "It is our custom," continued Sorillo, "to give those brought before us every chance to defend themselves. We are not lawyers; we do not juggle with words; our one desire is to get at the truth." "By St. Philip," muttered Montilla, "this is the last place I should have thought to find it in!"
It provides also a list of those who will join him, and stipulates that the writer shall keep not only his own estates, but shall be given those of which he has lately been deprived." At this last revelation Don Felipe changed colour somewhat, and withdrew his eyes from my face. "This letter," said Sorillo, "came from your house; it is signed F. M., and I charge you with having written it.
Sorillo would have kept him awhile as an honoured guest; but he was anxious to return, and the carriage waited at the foot of the mountains. On one point, however, the guerilla chief would not be denied. Leaving the Spaniards and mulattoes in the ravine, he insisted on accompanying us, with his Indians, to Lima, and my father did not like to refuse him.
"The man is a desperate ruffian," said Bolivar, in answer to my father's appeal for mercy; "but I will pardon him on condition that he takes the oath of allegiance and swears to obey the laws." Overjoyed by his success, my father hurried to the prison where Sorillo was confined. The doughty mountaineer refused the offer with scorn.
When I am accused of crime by the government of my country, I will answer." "Don Felipe is right, Sorillo," I interrupted. "If he has done wrong, let him be brought before a proper tribunal. Whether he be innocent or guilty, if you kill him you commit murder. You and your followers have no right to punish him." "In the case of a traitor we take the right," answered Sorillo drily.
Leading the spare horse, I rode through the grounds, cantered down the narrow lane, struck the highroad, and turned in the direction of the mountains. Just where Sorillo might be I could not tell, but I determined first of all to try the ravine where I had once spent several days. I have said that I had little faith in the success of my mission.
She broke down utterly. I tried to comfort her, and failed. She did nothing but cry, "Save him, Juan, save him!" I had no faith in my power to help her, but I could not tell her so. Why Raymon Sorillo had done this I knew no more than she unless, indeed, he had discovered Don Felipe conspiring with the Royalists.
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