"One thousand piastres. Is that enough?"
"It is not too much."
"Confound it, you are expensive."
"That is possible; but I do my work conscientiously. Well, tell me who the man is that is in your way."
"José Paredes."
"The majordomo at the Toro?"
"Yes."
"Do you know that he is not an easy man to kill? You must owe him a sore grudge, I suppose?"
"I do not know him."
The bandit looked in amazement at the speaker.