"He could not, for Tranquil required his help."
"The devil is in the business, as it seems," he said, in an ill-humoured voice; "he must be mad thus to abandon a girl alone in a venta situated alone in the midst of such a desolate country, during whole weeks."
"I was not alone, for Lanzi was left with me."
"Ah! And what has become of him?"
"A little before sunrise I sent him to kill a little game."
"A capital reason; and you have been left exposed to the coarse language and ill-treatment of the first scoundrel who thought proper to insult you."
"I did not think there was any danger."
"Now, I trust you are undeceived."
"Oh!" she cried, with a start of terror, "That shall never happen again, I swear to you."
"Good! But I think I hear Lanzi's footsteps."