"You have not told me all," he said to him.
"Pardon me, brother; everything, word by word."
"Still there is an important detail, which you have doubtless forgotten, as you have passed it over in silence?"
"I do not understand to what you are alluding, brother," the monk replied, gravely.
"You have forgotten to reveal to me the name and position of this woman, father."
"That is true: but it is not forgetfulness on my part. In acting thus, I have obeyed the orders I received. The lady implored me to tell you nothing touching her name or position. She reserves that for herself, when you are alone together: and I swore to keep her secret."
"Ah! Ah! Señor monk," the adventurer exclaimed, with a wrath the more terrible because it was concentrated; "You have taken that oath?"
"Yes, brother, and will keep it at all risks," he answered firmly.
The adventurer burst into a hoarse laugh.
"You are doubtless ignorant," he said, in a hissing voice, "that we ladrones, as your countrymen call us, possess marvellous secrets to untie the most rebel tongues, and that you are in my power."