"Oh!" she exclaimed, clasping her hands with joy, "It is you! You have come at last then!"
"Thanks, Carmela," he replied in a gasping voice; "thanks for this kindly greeting! It proves to me that you have not forgotten me."
"Forget you, to whom, next to my father, I owe everything! Oh, you know that was impossible."
"Thank you once again. You do not, you cannot know how happy you render me at this moment, Carmela. My whole life, employed in your service, would not suffice to repay the good you do me. You are free at last! Brave Tranquil, I felt sure that he would succeed!"
"Alas, my friend, this success costs him dear."
"What do you mean? I trust that he is not dangerously wounded?"
"I fear the contrary, my friend."
"Oh! We will save him."
"Come hither, Jaguar," the hunter then said in a feeble voice; "give me your hand, that I may press it in mine."
The young man walked quickly up to him.