"Why so?"
"You are only passing through this wretched town."
"Yes. My father is proceeding to Tepic, where his new position as governor of the province demands his residence."
"That is true. You see, then, madam, that it is almost impossible for us ever to meet again."
"Do you think so?" she asked.
"Alas! I am atrociously afraid of it."
"Why so?" she said, bending her body forward in curiosity.
"Because, according to every probability, tomorrow, at sunrise, we shall take diametrically opposite routes, señorita."
"Oh, that is not possible!"
"Unfortunately it is too true."