"You laugh! Very well; judge for yourself. I sought this person, whose name it is needless to mention."
"So much the more so, as I know it already."
"You do? Very well, then. This morning a caballero, one of my friends, gave me notice that the person in question also wished to speak to me. All was working wonderfully. But guess my amazement when, just as I was going to refund the money and throw up my engagement, this personage announced to me that he had been reconciled to you, that you were the best friends, and begged me to keep the hundred piastres as an indemnification for the damage he had caused me."
"Was it this person, then, whom you went to meet tonight?"
"The same. I have only just left him."
"Very well: go on, compadre" (comrade).
"Well, caballero, since this affair has ended in a manner honourable to me, as I flatter myself, I am at liberty to follow my own inclinations, and am quite at your service, if you will do me the honour to employ me."
"I will not say no; perhaps in a day or two I may find a use for your services."
"You will not repent having employed me, señor. You will be always sure to find me at—"
"Not a word on that subject," said Don Fernando, interrupting him suddenly; "when the time comes, I shall find you."