"Oh, father!" she answered with a blush.
"Would you, miss, have the goodness to explain to me how you obtained all this information? I confess that it puzzles me considerably, and I should like to know."
Doña Angela, began laughing to conceal her embarrassment; but suddenly making up her mind with that decision which marked her character,—
"I will tell you, if you promise not to scold me too severely," she said.
"Go on; we will see afterwards."
"I told you a story this morning, papa," she said, letting her eyes fall.
"I suspect it: go on."
"If you frown in that way, and put on your naughty air, I warn you that I shall not say a word."
"And you will be right, niña," the captain supported her.
The general smiled.