"One half of it was."
"Nevertheless, the Campeador arrived very late."
"That was not his fault."
"How was that?"
"We set out from Burgos in good time, but"—
"You had then some ugly adventure on the road?"
"It would have been so, in the case of anyone but my master."
"May I turn Moor if I understand you!"
"Then you need not hope that the son of my mother will explain himself more fully."
"Anger of God! but you have very little confidence in your friends, Fernan."