At that moment the man stood up, with soft suddenness, and she heard Cipriano’s voice from the balcony above:
“What is it, Lupe?”
“Està la Patróna,” answered the servant.
Kate rose to her feet and looked up. She saw the head and the naked shoulders of Cipriano above the parapet of the balcony.
“I will come up,” she said.
And slowly she went through the great iron gates into the passage-way. Lupe, following, bolted the doors behind her.
On the terrace above she found Ramón and Cipriano both with their upper bodies naked, waiting for her in silence. She was embarrassed.
“I waited to hear the new hymn,” she said.
“And how does it seem to you?” said Ramón, in Spanish.
“I like it,” she said.