"I can easily understand that, dear Hermosa."
"Then you are not angry with me, Estevan?"
"Not the least in the world, I assure you."
"Are you quite sure?" said she, pouting half seriously.
"Do not talk about it anymore, my dear child; one cannot encounter such dangers as you have been exposed to without feeling their effect upon the mind for a long time afterwards."
"But it is all over now, believe me; yet, between ourselves, my dear Estevan, these dangers have not been so great as your affection for me led you to suppose."
The other shook his head in token of his want of conviction, and replied:
"On the contrary, niña, these dangers have been much more serious than you choose to believe."
"No, they were not Estevan; the people we met treated us with the most cordial hospitality."
"I admit it; but will reply with one question."