The Jaguar took it, examined it attentively, turning it over and over, and then prepared to break the seal.
"Stop!" the soldier hurriedly exclaimed.
"What for?"
"Because, if you open it, I cannot deliver it to the man for whom it is intended."
"What do you mean?"
"You do not understand me," the soldier said, with ill-concealed impatience.
"That is probable," the Captain answered.
"I only ask you to listen to me for five minutes."
"Speak."
"The meeting-place appointed for the Captain and the General is the Laguna del Venado. Before reaching the Laguna there is a very narrow and densely-wooded gorge."