"It only depends on yourself to possess it within a week."
"Oh, yes, I understand; there is a condition. ¡Caray! It must be very hard for me to refuse it."
"This is the condition; listen to me, and, above all, understand me thoroughly."
"¡Caray! I should think I would listen; a hacienda and one hundred thousand piastres—I should be a fool to refuse them."
"You must not impede my prospects in any way; allow me to espouse Doña Marianna, and on the day of the marriage hand me the tablets which you took from the gentleman so unhappily assassinated by his valet."
"Very well. Is that all?"
"Not yet."
"Very good; go on."
"I insist that when you deliver me the tablets, you will supply proof that the writer is really dead."
"¡Caray! That will be difficult."