"Speak," she said, frowning, and stamped her foot. "Tell me, is this true?"
"What do you mean?" asked Jack in surprise.
"That you are an assassin sent by that horrible President Obregon?"
Jack was hurt, and showed his feelings.
"I told you the truth," he said.
"Oh, I want to believe you," cried the girl, twisting her hands. "But father was so positive."
Donna Ana sidled close and whispered:
"Shall I call your father? It is not too late."
That decided Rafaela.
"Nonsense," she declared, sharply, glaring at her duenna. "Cannot you see this young man is telling the truth? I," she declared proudly, "can tell a truthful person from a liar at once. And I declare to you this young man is truthful."