"¡Caray! Just put yourself in my place. After all, the longest liver will see. Don Fernando has not got quite so far with me as he fancies."
"Then you will bring Tonillo?"
"Were I to bring him by force, we would both be there."
"Now, we have nothing more to do than to go about our separate affairs."
"Which road do you take?"
"I am going direct to the hacienda of Don Pedro."
"Listen to me, Don Torribio: do not broach this matter to him."
"What is your reason for saying so, verado?"
"Because Don Pedro, excellent man and perfect caballero as he is, has old-fashioned ideas, and would probably attempt to dissuade you from your plan."
"Perhaps you may be right; he had better know nothing of the service I wish to render him."