"Brothers," he said, "I thank you—the confidence you place in me shall not be disappointed."
"Long live Montbarts, the Exterminator!" all the filibusters shouted, impulsively.
The terrible company of The Twelve was created. Filibusterism then really became a formidable power.
[1] Term of contempt for the Spaniards.
[CHAPTER XIV.]
THE SECOND PROPOSAL.
Montbarts allowed the enthusiasm of his comrades time to calm, and then spoke again.
There was no change in his appearance; nothing in his face denoted the joy of triumph or of satisfied ambition; still the vote of his companions, by nominating him Chief of the filibusters, had rendered him in a moment a man more powerful than many a prince. His face was just as impassive, his voice equally firm.