"Mercedes."
"Mercedes is perhaps an Indian spy."
"For what object?"
"What do I know? Can we trust anybody?"
"You are mistaken, Don Torribio. I can trust the men who brought her to me."
"Watch her; take my advice."
"But she is a Spaniard."
"That proves nothing. Look at Pincheira; is he not an ex-officer of the Chilian army? He is now a chief of one of the principal Patagonian nations, and the most cruel adversary of the Spaniards."
"Pincheira, that is different."
"As you please," said Don Torribio, "I trust that you may be right."