"Have patience, my pet," the young man said, as he rose and leaned over the back of her chair; "you will make up for lost time; besides, we were talking about you."
"About me! Oh, brother, make haste and tell me what you were saying."
And the girl clapped her little childish hands together, while her eyes were lighted up by curiosity.
"Yes," said Don Juanito, maliciously; "we were talking about your approaching marriage with my friend, Colonel Don Pedro Sallazar."
"Fie! you naughty fellow," Inez said, with a mocking smile; "you always try to cause me pain."
While saying these words, the coquette shot a killing glance in the direction of the colonel.
"What! cause you pain!" her brother answered: "is not the marriage arranged?"
"I do not say no."
"Must it not be concluded when our sister Maria has pronounced her vows?"
"Poor Maria!" Inez said, with a sigh, but quickly resumed her usual good spirits.