"We also, caballero," answered Sacatripas, at last deciding to speak, "we also want sleep, for the sun is very hot, and we have no intention to keep you long; only we desire to have a few words with you."
"Is the affair important, Señor Sacatripas?"
"Very important!—at least for us, caballero," answered Mataseis, becoming bolder.
"Very well," said Emile, "then go on quickly, I beg you; I am listening."
"Señor," pursued Sacatripas, recovering from the passing emotion which he had experienced, and assuming an agreeable air, "you can recall, I suppose, the conditions which we have had the honour of making with you."
"That is to say, with Señor Tyro?"
"With Señor Tyro, caballero; pardon me if I insist on that point—you remember it?"
"I confess, in all humility, señor, that I do but vaguely recall these conditions, and that I should be much obliged to you to refresh my memory on this subject."
"Very well, caballero," said Mataseis, intervening with a gracious smile; "we stipulated that eight days before the end of each month we should tell you if we consented to remain in your service."
"Ah! Very good—I believe that clause exists. Well."