"I am ignorant."
"Eh! And why did they serve you out in this way?"
"I do not know."
"I do not know; I am ignorant; all that is not very clear; and if you never say any more, I doubt whether the assassins will be detected. Where have you come from? From Carmen?"
"We left Carmen this morning, to—"
"One moment, if you please. You said we, I think?"
"Yes, we."
"Who are we?"
"Don Sylvio d'Arenal, myself, and two Negroes."
"Good. Where did you separate from Don Sylvio?"