The adventurer reflected for a moment.
"Stay, General," he said suddenly, "I believe I have found the means."
"First, allow me to ask you a question, and promise to answer it."
"I do promise."
"You know this man, he is your personal enemy."
"Yes, General," he answered frankly.
"I suspected it: the inveteracy you display in destroying him did not seem to me natural. Now let me hear your plan."
"The sole motive that holds you back, you told me yourself, is the fear of offending the ambassador of her Catholic Majesty."
"It is, indeed, the sole one, don Jaime."
"Well, General, suppose don Pacheco consented to abandon this man?"