"Certainly not, excellency; indeed, for greater security, I shall wait on them alone."
"Better still; then, you see no inconvenience in sending of them into the Cuidad; of course on the understanding that he is well paid for the trip?"
"No inconvenience at all, excellency; what is the business?"
"Simply," he said, taking a letter from his bosom, "to convey this letter to Señor Don Antonio Rallier, in the Calle Secunda Monterilla, and bring me back the answer in the shortest possible period to this house."
"That is easy, excellency; if you will have the kindness to intrust the letter to me."
"Here it is, and four piastres for the journey."
The host bowed respectfully, and immediately left the room.
"I fancy, Curumilla," the traveller then said to his companion, "that our affairs are going well."
The other replied by a silent nod of assent, and a moment the landlord returned.
"Well?" the traveller asked.