"Silence," said the smuggler; "perhaps he is listening."
Inez was awake, and looking at this scene, whose meaning escaped her.
"You, Leon?" Maria at length said, as she cast her arms round the young man's neck. "Oh, thank heaven! thanks!"
"For mercy's sake, listen to me! The moments are precious."
"Oh! take me away, if you love me! Take me away at once!"
"Soon."
"Oh, sir," Inez said, in her turn, "save me, and my father will reward you."
Leon smiled, and looked at Maria, who raised to him her lovely eyes, radiant with joy and love.
"My father—where is he?" she asked him. "My sister reminds me that we left him in the midst of the contest."
"He is in safety, so calm yourself."