"Yes."
"By your mother's cross?"
"By my mother's cross, I swear. I will keep my faith with you, so help me God!"
"I believe in no God, but you do, and that suffices. You shall go," cried the buccaneer, all his objections satisfied. "But as you love the woman, lose no time. I'll be at the west gate under the rocks at ten o'clock to-morrow night. You know it?"
"Yes, go on."
"I'll open the gate for you and leave the rest to you. You must be there with your force. Now, go."
"I shall be there. But I can not leave without Donna Mercedes."
"And you can't go with her. Think! Could she make her way over the mountains?"
"No, no, but——"