"Gentlemen—a man!"
"Gentlemen—a man"
Jarvis was lighting his cigarette, and he laughed, with a side-remark to his valet:
"Rusty, as the Indians said to Columbus: 'We're discovered!'" He turned toward the girl. "Did you by any chance address me, fair señorita?"
"I'm calling the attention of these valiant gentlemen of Seguro to the only man with spirit and bravery enough to enter the haunted castle," she declared.
"How did you know?" and his eyes widened with surprise. This was a queer place.
"All Seguro knows by this time, señor."
At these words, Don Robledo swaggered in through the door from the bar. He pushed the villagers aside with contemptuous roughness. He even thrust the girl out of his way as she tried to detain him. He laughed insultingly into the bland face of Jarvis.
"So, you are the brave American, are you?" he cried, surveying Jarvis, with hands on hips and stocky legs well spread.