"That can I," was the reply more seriously, "or rather, I can tell thee where thou mayest seek him and find him; but as to the wisdom of the search, verily that is another matter. For my part, I am thankful to maintain my present distance between myself and him just now. And if you are prudent you will remain with me, and ask no further questions."
Montoro strode forward still more hastily, and his face paled with emotion as he asked huskily—
"Toy not with me, Juan. Thou canst not surely mean that yon diabolical act of which this woman speaks is already in progress?"
Cabrera bowed, murmuring at the same time—
"Ah! then thou hast heard. I would have spared thee."
Montoro shook himself wrathfully.
"Exert thyself to spare the deeds, not the hearing of them after. Where is the spot that is to be made foul for ever by this crime?"
Cabrera raised his hand, and pointed.
"But, Diego, stay with me. Spare thyself a needless agony. Wert thou eloquent as the archangel Gabriel himself thou wouldst avail nought to turn Velasquez from his present purpose."
Diego was already going off to the place indicated, but he turned back a moment.