“Have who?” demanded Captain Wilson.
“That Sicilian officer—I could have sworn that I had seen him before.”
“That Don Mathias?”
“No, Sir Thomas! He is not Don Mathias! He is the very Don Silvio who was murdering Don Rebiera, when we came to his assistance and saved him.”
“I do believe you are right, Gascoigne.”
“I’m positive of it,” replied Gascoigne; “I never made a mistake in my life.”
“Bring me those letters, Easy,” said the Governor, “and let us see what they say of him. Here it is—Don Mathias de Alayeres. You may be mistaken, Gascoigne; it’s a heavy charge you are making against this young man.”
“Well, Sir Thomas, if that is not Don Silvio, I’d forfeit my commission if I had it here in my hand. Besides, I observed the change in his countenance when we told him it was Easy and I who had come to Don Rebiera’s assistance; and did you observe after that, Easy, that he hardly said a word?”
“Very true,” replied Jack.
“Well, well, we must see to this,” observed the Governor; “if so, this letter of introduction must be a forgery.”