"That is perfectly correct; but this only renders more incomprehensible the strange position in which I have been placed."
"How so?"
"Pardon me, general, the frankness with which I express myself."
"Go on, count. We are here to tell each other the truth."
"In reality, since my arrival at Guaymas, your conduct toward me has been inexplicable."
"You are jesting. I consider it most natural."
"Still, it appears to me——"
"Come, what do you find so extraordinary in my conduct?"
"Well, everything."
"Mention details."