"Yes, or nearly so."
"Did he tell you his name?"
"I did not ask him for it."
"But he must have told you who he is."
"Yes, I think so: he told me that he had come a short time previously from Veracruz and was proceeding to Mexico, when he was attacked unawares and plundered by men whom he was unable to recognize."
"He told you nothing else about his name or position?"
"No, not a word."
The adventurer remained pensive for a moment.
"Listen," he then continued, "and do not take what I am going to say to you in ill part."
"From you, Master Oliver, I will hear anything you have the right to say everything to me."