"And how did you learn all this?"
"Oh! Very easily, Excellency. Accident willed it that I should address one of the owners of the herd."
"Listen to that! Accident was very kind."
Violanta blushed. The general did not notice it, but continued, "Are you sure they were not vaqueros belonging to some hacienda?"
"O no, Excellency; they are hunters."
"Good; and they want to sell their ganado?"
"The man I spoke with said so."
"I suppose he asks a high price?"
"I do not know."
"That is true. Well, my child," he added, rising and turning to his daughter, "so soon as you are ready we will breakfast, and perhaps I will deliver you from the horrible noise of these animals."