"Oh, then I should have hastened to gain my quinta, which I am very sorry I ever quitted."
"Doubtless the paleface is charged with some mission?"
"Who, I?" said the senator, in the most careless way possible; "Who do you think would charge me with a mission?"
"Good! Where is the necklace?"
"What necklace do you mean?"
"The one which you have to deliver to the chief of Concepción."
"Who! I?"
"Yes, you."
"I have none."
"My brother speaks well: Aucas warriors are not women, they know how to discover what is hidden."