"I, too, am waiting here until I come into my rights," said the boy. "Like you, I have been robbed. Unlike you, I'll not wait so long. Either I'll have what is mine, or I'll kill the man who has robbed me."
"'Thou shalt not kill.' To have the stain of blood on one's hands must be terrible."
"The Jaliscos belong to a family that kills."
At this juncture there came another knock at the door, but this time Felipe knew who it was.
He had the door open in a moment, and Bantry Hagan walked in.
"Oh, it's company you have, me boy!" exclaimed the Irishman, looking wonderingly at old Spooner.
"A gentleman who has the next room. He dropped in to borrow a needle and thread."
"It's careful you'd better be, Felipe."
"Never fear; it is all right."
The old man dragged himself up from the chair.