"That is sufficient, señor," the usher replied; seriously, "if it only depended on myself, you would be with him at this moment; there are paper, pen and ink, on that table, please write."
The horseman thanked him, took up a pen and wrote in large letters, in the middle of a sheet, this one word, "ADOLFO .°.", followed by three dots, arranged in a triangle, and then handed it to the usher.
"There," he said to him.
The usher gazed at him with amazement.
"What!" he exclaimed, "You are—"
"Silence," the stranger said, laying his finger on his lips.
"Oh, you will enter," the usher added, and opening the door, he disappeared.
But almost immediately the door was opened again, and a powerful voice, which did not belong to the usher, shouted twice from the interior of the cabinet, "Come in, come in."
The stranger entered.
"Come," the President continued, "Come, my dear don Adolfo, it is Heaven that sends you," and he advanced towards him, holding out his hand.