"General Moratín is a good patriot—a man of some consideration, and much liked—he is one of the pillars of the revolution."
"It is just for that reason that I wish to get him out of the way," said Don Pablo, impatiently.
"To get rid of him. Do you wish to kill him, then?"
"To kill him, or take him—it matters little, so that he disappears how the affair is managed."
"And the other?"
"The question is the same for both."
"The devil!" murmured the gaucho, scratching his head furiously apparently to find a solution.
"That will be very costly, will it not?"
"Two good patriots!" continued Mataseis, without appearing to have heard Don Pablo's remarks; "We also are patriots; we have gloriously shed our blood for liberty."
"It will cost a great deal, as far as I can see."