"The mere telling might kill him. We must have the proof before we tell him."
"The proof?" Hall started to tell the ailing doctor about Androtten when Simon Tabio entered the library.
"Ah, Simon. This is Compañero Mateo Hall."
"How do you do?" the boy said, in English. "I regret that we must meet under such sad circumstances."
"El habla castellano, chico," Gonzales said.
"The sorrow weighs with equal weight in my own heart," Hall said.
"Compañero Hall was on the point of telling me some important news when you came in, Simon. I think you should hear it."
"I would like to hear it," Simon said.
"Do you know about Corbeta the Falange agent and Jimenez the C.T.E. radio operator being at the Gamburdo ranch with Ansaldo?"
"Yes. Segador has kept me informed."