"Spaniards?"
"Yes."
"Was there a Portuguese among them?"
"I believe there was one."
"Are you sure of it?"
"Yes, it is he who is to take you away; he offers a large ransom for you. I remember, because my brother has refused the ransom while consenting to part with you—which I cannot at all understand on his part."
"Ah!" she murmured, with a dreamy air.
"Have you anything else to ask me?"
"One question more."
"Be quick," he answered, his eyes greedily fixed on the reliquary, which he never lost sight of.