"Tomorrow, at the Oración."
"Very good, and I presume you have arranged a place to meet him?"
"Caspita! I should think so; he is to meet me at the Parian, where I shall be at the first stroke of the Oración."
"I am certain that he will be punctual!"
"And so am I; and now, señor, do you consider that you have lost your time in listening to me?"
"On the contrary," Don Martial replied, as he offered him his hand with a smile, "I consider you a first-rate hand at telling a story."
"You flatter me."
"No, indeed I do not. I consider, too, that the nuns of St. Bernard are excellent and holy women."
"Caspita! I should think so; they have a relation of mine as portress."
The two men burst into a frank and hearty laugh, whose explosion no one could have anticipated from the way in which their interview began.